Orriciat Recorp FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of entry ment BUREAU of Emp OF PR swed by the Southern District of (AUSA) a 645 at 1 Saint Andrews Plaz Position Lieutenant, was inte New York stant United New York, New York 10007. Also present for the interview was Office of /2019 in Ro and Federal Bureau of Inspector General (OI Special Agent Investigation (FBI) SA Re. of tt inte After being advised of of the interview, provided the following information: nnel, and the natur ving per voluntarily 1s (BOP), paralegal at ‘a Law Firm He worked litigation, pro bono, for approximately ten years. ae: also been an for the last twenty ars. | | was employed as BOP in June — e Metropolitan Detentio Center, hereinafter referred to as MDC. | | transitioned to the BOP Met ons Center, hereinafter referred to as r tio fF He was later promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Ha: the epectat Housing Unit's, hereinafter referred to as SHU, Prior to employment with the Bureau of acquisi NAVY Corr 90 day ince Lieutenants rotate throughout MCC 90 days. Accoring —" his duties and responsibilities were as ular SHU max wing (10 a mov erred to as S Reviews, hereinafter Date drafted 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 to be distributed outside your agency EFTA00086904

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) 9O0A-NY-3151227 Continuation of FD-302 of (U) Interview Sf 06h ,On 08/29/2019 page 2 Of 3 - Ensure inmates are given "what they have coming" - "A lot" | | is generally the Monday - Friday 6 a.m. - 2 p.m. shift supervisor. Hecvisea that there is mandatory quarterly training in the SHU program for BOP emnployees. He also reviews 292 Forms which track an inmate's meals, recreation, medical attention, and showers. 292 Forms populate the BOP system, BOPware. Every SHU inmate has an associated 292 Form as long as they're in the SHU population. Once they rotate to another population the form is invalid and no longer exists. Medical personnel visit the SHU twice a day for rounds in the mornings and evenings. | regularly audits 292 Forms from the previous day. HMMM advised that accountability of inmates is important. He never caught anyone intentionally not doing their job. He iso reviews “round forms" and searches for red flags. These could be missing spaces, missing signatures, etc. If caught, | | approaches the individual and requests an explanation. MMMMMvas the SHU Lieutenant when EPSTEIN was assigned. EPSTEIN wasn't originally in the SHU. J advised EPSTEIN was in 10S lower, this population is for inmates not on 10S but high profile. EPSTEIN was assigned to cell 201 in the SHU. During their first encounter, EPSTEIN asked || "am I going to get out of here?". i remembers EPSTEIN frequenting the attorney conference area for long periods of time. || advised that at one point during the beginning, at a meeting with MCC executive management, they wanted to house EPSTEIN with a bunkie. [yy doesn't recall exactly who requested this action however he remembers they were trying to identify an inmate. Ultimately, they decided to house EPSTEIN with ae. || wasn't asked for his input and followed executive management orders. There was an incident on 07/23/2019 between the two, but it didn't occur on shift. He heard about it the next day. Lieutenant QR) completed the 583 packet, which included memos and photos resulting from the incident. || recalls interacting with EPSTEIN on watch. EPSTEIN stated "I don't want to be here" and "I'm not going to hurt myself". Ha 150 remembers EFTA00086905

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) Continuation of FD-302 of 90A-NY-31 , On , Page shologist said that EPSTEIN must be housed with a cell mate SHU. | | pre they were still deciding on an individual when left the institution that night. | called to ensure that he rec sd a bunkie. BOP decis a - emembe rs E restricted contact li MMMM infor when he returned to the ded l mate re dations but mer y requesting to make a phone call tot daughter. 't do phone calls because he is unaware of every inmate's d his di subordinate | that EPSTEIN needed another affed that d | replied with E. I got it". The next morning he had a bunkie. Inma It's vere short s rece bunkies when e off suicide wat they c n practice in BOP. Tr is clearly unicated in suicide watch training, it's posted throt ghout the area, and it's also institutional knowledge. EPSTEIN fF ad a bunkie on /08/2019. | | is unaware of anything other i't working. a: ‘EIN's bunkie when | | in an attorney srence as well. || a: - didn't spe because he expected | to disseminate it to hi subordinates. There were no other emails, or communications, regarding the than that because he was left work. age regarding a bunkie matter. The m sage was spread by word of mouth. || advised that rrections Officer {Mena Corrections Officer || know that ir icide watch are housed with a bunkie. If EPSTEIN | the shift supervisor. If an inmate left "WAB", i | would still exp hates on expects that it would be reported to corrections officers to notify him of the vacancy. t-staffed. | also adi receive the training. sed that EFTA00086906