EFTA00061698.txt

"I'm a Special Agent with the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General"

"how long have you served with the Federal Bureau of Prisons? Twenty-six years."

"DOJ OIG Senior Special Agent"

"Up until I came here in November of 2014... I've been here since 2014."

"This interview with Federal Bureau of Prisons Correctional Officer Lieutenant... as part of an official U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspe"

"official DOJ OIG investigation into the death of inmate Jeffrey Epstein"

"Inmate was assigned as a cellmate for Jeffrey Epstein"

"when Epstein originally arrived to the MCC"

"Inmate was removed from the MCC on August 9th morning"

"Epstein was in ZA"

"It's says inmate Epstein register number 76318-054 is being taken off of psych observation"

"they put him in 9 South"

"he never should have been up on SHU"

"every inmate that was being housed at MCC at the time. It wasn't just about Epstein."

"prior to Epstein that I had even seen an email period about an inmate needing an inmate in the cell to be housed with another inmate"

"July 23rd incident where Epstein originally tried to commit suicide"

"I went up there to see if they needed some help because I knew feeding and all that stuff still needed to be done."

"informed that she had been employed with the Bureau of Prisons"

"I've been here since November of 2014. I was operations lieutenant."

"Did you previously meet with agents regarding the Epstein investigation? I did."

"who was your supervisor when you worked at the MCC... I think it was Captain"

"Assuming the COs in the SHU knew that this was a requirement... for somebody like Epstein"

"There was an inmate that they had removed from the unit and he was on - he was being housed in the receiving and discharge"

"it says Thomas and Noel"

"She works in the R&D department."

"for internal there on morning watch there was Officer"

"and Officer who was on overtime. Officer was on overtime for midnight to 8:00."

"That's internal would have been Officer"

"internal number 1 two was Officer."

"She worked in the R&D - Receiving and Discharge department"

"we go up to the cell and it's Epstein. And he's lying on the floor seemingly out of it"

"This is from [REDACTED]... She was a psychologist here at the time"

"Thomas is calling you and providing your count"

"one of the inmates up here is in R&D"

"You know all the way up to Donald Trump knew Epstein was here"

"when he attempted suicide, he had a cellmate"

"The inmate that was taken to R&D. Yes."

"Epstein came off of the suicide observation and was placed back into the SHU"

"Did you make a round into the SHU on August 10th? Yes. ... Do you recall who the COs were on duty? Yes. Thomas and Noel."

"Do you recall who the COs were on duty? Yes. Thomas and Noel. ... Yes [I spoke to them]."

"this was supposed to be the email saying that he was required to have a cellmate while he was in the SHU"

"During your time as a lieutenant during that time period, did you ever see any cameras down"

"When he committed the suicide - when he attempted suicide. I interacted with him then."

"As a lieutenant did you ever utilize the cameras for your job?"

"The control center has access to the SHU cameras"

"We have access to the SHU cameras. And as far as I know, that's it."

"MR. : So you didn't even know... MS. : I didn't know Epstein 15 had a cellmate"

"I would have relieved him... You started August 10th at 12:00 a.m."

"they sent this email... hey he needs a cellmate"

"believe that either Thomas or Noel did not conduct counts in the past"