OIG_Memorandum_23-085.pdf

"Epstein while detained at the facility from his arrest on federal sex trafficking charges on July 6, 2019, until his death on August 10"

"his arrest on federal sex trafficking charges on July 6, 2019"

"The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York, determined that Epstein had died by suicide."

"Material Handler Michael Thomas... on duty"

"correctional officers (CO)... CO Tova Noel"

"the U.S. Marshals Service sent two emails notifying numerous MCC New York staff"

"The OIG initiated this investigation upon receipt of information from the BOP"

"as he had on prior occasions, and signed a new Last Will and Testament"

"Thomas immediately yelled for Noel to get help and call for a medical emergency."

"the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner performed an autopsy and determined the cause of death was hanging"

"Ghislaine Maxwell, who was later convicted in December 2021 of conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse minors"

"Epstein’s Arrest and Detention on July 6... MCC New York’s Special Housing Unit"

"Noel and Thomas, who were seated at the desk at the SHU Officers’ Station"

"Noel and Thomas, who were seated at the desk at the SHU Officers’ Station"

"OIG has found significant job performance and management failures on the part of BOP personnel"

"Epstein Signs a New Last Will and Testament on August 8"

"The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is a component of the Department of Justice (DOJ)"

"the DOJ Office of the Inspector General (OIG)"

"in the Metropolitan Correctional Center located in New York, New York (MCC New York), inmate Jeffery Epstein was found hanged"

"Epstein had been placed in the SHU on July 7, 2019, the day after his arrest"

"Transfer of Epstein’s Cellmate on August 9 to Another Institution and Failure to Replace Him with Another Inmate"

"Discovery of Epstein Hanged in Cell and Emergency Response"

"The OIG initiated this investigation upon the receipt of information from the BOP"

"FBI Forensic Analysis of the DVR System"

"make an unrecorded, unmonitored telephone call the evening before his death to an individual with whom he allegedly had a personal relationship"

"during a meeting with his lawyers in a private room at the MCC New York, Epstein signed a new Last Will and Testament"

"Epstein signed a new Last Will and Testament, which MCC New York officials did not learn about until after his death"

"staff members falsely certified in the count slips that they had conducted the required counts"

"Epstein was transported by the EMTs in an ambulance to New York Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, where he was pronounced dead"

"the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York, performed an autopsy on Epstein"

"On July 2, 2019, a federal grand jury of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York returned an indictment that charged Epstein"

"charged Epstein with engaging in sex trafficking and a sex trafficking conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371, 1591(a), (b)(2), and 2."

"Epstein was arrested... and was transported to the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) Metropolitan Correctional Center... Epstein was found hanged in hi"

"Correctional Officer (CO) Tova Noel... submitted falsified official BOP forms documenting inmate counts"

"Material Handler Michael Thomas... worked an overtime shift in the SHU from 12 a.m. to 8 a.m. on August 10, 2019."

"returned an indictment that charged Noel and Thomas with one count each of conspiracy and multiple counts each of falsification of records"

"returned an indictment that charged Noel and Thomas with one count each of conspiracy and multiple counts each of falsification of records"

"On July 6, 2019, Epstein was arrested at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey upon his return to the United States from France"

"Correctional Officer (CO) Tova Noel and Material Handler Michael Thomas began working together in MCC New York SHU at 12 a.m. on August 10, 2019."

"The combination of negligence, misconduct, and outright job performance failures documented in this report all contributed to an environment"

"on July 7, 2019, he was moved to the Special Housing Unit (SHU) pending reclassification"

"Those three L-Tier inmates were housed in cells opposite Epstein’s cell and therefore had a direct line of sight to Epstein’s cell"

"The OIG also reached out to one of Epstein’s attorneys to discuss the possibility of providing information"

"The OIG also reviewed Epstein’s autopsy report and interviewed the Medical Examiner who performed the autopsy on Epstein."

"The OIG also reached out to one of Epstein’s attorneys to discuss the possibility of providing information, but ultimately the attorney declined"

"On a separate occasion, the relative contacted the OIG to say that the relative had photographic proof that the door to Epstein’s cell was left open"

"The BOP employees and contractors we interviewed included employees ... who worked at MCC New York"

"photographs taken of efforts to revive Epstein on the morning of August 10, 2019"

"enter such information into the BOP computer system TRUSCOPE"

"federal grand jury of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York returns an indictment charging Epstein with sex trafficking"