Orricia. Recoro FD-302 (Rey. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Bureau of 150 Park York, 2d and was FCI Fairton (New 02 andsaySHU all M facility, ig radios to communicate. available tc sonnel who need them when they le prisoners or for ular units Housing Unit Irs and two re B K r bP i f Investigationon 08/12/2015 3151227 Date drafted 08/13/2019 Pm __ This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not File# 7 to be distributed outside your agency SDNY_00007634 EFTA00062221

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) 90A-NY-3151227 Continuation of FD-302 of (U) Interview of | i .On 08/12/2019 page 2 of 6 case managers. However, he is currently without one counselor and case manager, which MCC is looking to hire, in addition to a secretary. Each day, there are three working watches at the MCC. The day wateh begins at 7:30 a.m. and ends at 4:00 p.m. The night watch beginsvat)4:00 p.m. and ends at midnight. The morning watch begins at midnight and ends at 8:00 a.m. Corrections Officers (COs) hold the rank of GS-5,GS-6, GS-7, or GS-8. They are organized into four groups; SHU 1, SHU 2,«SHUs3, and SHU 4. Typically, the SHU 1 CO has the keys and therefore can’t go downyrange and interact with inmates. SHU 1 opens and closes the doors and completes paperwork. SHU 2, 3, and 4 conduct rounds, provide the inmates with food, and secure the showers. At other BoP facilities where | has worked, each group would be responsible for a separate rangé but that is not how it is organized at MCC, where each group does»,all ranges. There are six ranges within QJ area of responsibility but\ofMly lieutenants can access one of the G range. Two COs perform a count of all immates at midnight, 3:00 a.m., and 5:00 a.m. In addition to these counts, COs conduct rounds every half-hour once the unit is locked down and the inmates are secured in their cells. Both counts and rounds are recofded, butygon different types of sheets. [ reviewed examples of documentation of both counts and rounds which were provided by AUSA a. copies of which are attached in the 1A section of this report. The record of overnight rounds is signed by the Morning Watch Officer. COs report to Lieuténants, either the Operations Lieutenant or the Activities) Lieutenant. The Operations Lieutenant handles overall issues while thepActivities Lieutenant handles rounds and communication with staff. The day and night watch have both lieutenants on staff, but the morning watch only has the Operations Lieutenant. During the evening watch, the Activities Lieutenant makes a single round through his/her assigned units so that inmates have access to someone higher up the chain of command than their normal COs. During the morning watch, the Operations Lieutenant does the round. There is no sheet that documents these watches, but the lieutenants do keep a log of their rounds. On August 9, 2019, the day before JEFFREY EPSTEIN was found deceased in his cell, Lieutenant || was the Activities Lieutenant and Lieutenant JJ was the Operations Lieutenant, who was filling in for another lieutenant on leave. The lieutenants report SDNY_00007635 EFTA00062222

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) S90A-NY-3151227 Continuation of FD-302 of | to Captain i. who alw In the SHU, allowed a single a month, lasting fifteen minu make a legal call, inmates m make a written reque inmat aren't allowed to shower, which is and Thursdays, fF goes through the cc 1 calls. To make a 2-Out reguests and begi legal cal plugs in itt a good day wi can get through all the requested legal calls in two¢full ranges. EIN fir came to. the ember when Hs iiici not rer 2IN must have b sed with the prison’s general inm figures th ago, while imately, one m me point th cause, apf SHU, an in the general pris k with | withe STEIN opulation wanted an in-depth conversati c sause EIN spent twelve hours a day, om 8:00 meeting with his lawyers. Any time | ran into d and | thought he was just know that EPSTEIN was be in a good mo fh 10used in tt SHU when with one of the MCC’s was em route to the SHU to cellmat all personnel that EIN always needed to have a this incident. This informatior SHU offi 1 teprovided in writing or listed anywhere in writing in the it was instead passed onto each watch by word of mouth. ath, | ran into et with his lawyers on eithe During the days prior to EPSTEIN's was being escorted downs -ai me or Thurs: pack and pin, which allows inmates IN had been unable to sethat and was never in the, SHU. E him because his normal unit manager verified the or call made TEIN from the } three-minute call given to inm of their initial intake into the facility. fs made the reques tin t for E EIN and obtained a paper printout his pack and pin and provided it to EIN. EPSTEIN was happy, as were his lawyers, who made a thumbs-up SDNY_00007636 EFTA00062223

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) S9O0A-NY-315122 Continuation of FD-302 of On 8/12/2019 page 4 Of 6 family thnical problems | assiqned him tc n MCC building, an arrived at tt 1ospi who was respor bl f SDNY_00007637 EFTA00062224

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) S90A-NY-31 Continuation of FD-302 of ,On 98/12/2019 page 5 OF vehicle. In order and sheets ito he whate depart OCME. After sending | didn't speak, ped all ied SHU personnel that Suicide was at some point n Saturday, August 10, 2019, when standing outsid | knew Lieutenar did not report e the lieutenants’ office and appeared t« e ina daze. welfare 019; COs THOMA by the warden. SDNY_00007638 EFTA00062225

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) -NY-31 Continuation of FD-302 of ,On 98/12/2019 page 6 OF 6 tility, it may have allowec is a high- and not a d complacency to f the difference between those other liti ) inn are allo s of mple is that c r SHUS a lothing ually depicting special needs of board in the SHU offi Such a board would have provided a visual reminder to ald “SHU a cellmate at all tim TEIN was to | did not know that EPSTEIN's cellmate had not’ returned) from court Daily — Rosters)from August 9, 2 1owed the on Frid When whic ached,in the 1A section of this 1 mz. 1 = a EIN without a cellmate based aware, he would have kept until he found hima new cellmate. handcuffed in a holding a functioning pre not aware sperly at the time under the assumption that it was and that somec have ac to the live camera feed, only lieutenants could SDNY_00007639 EFTA00062226