9O0A-NY-3151227 Serial 30 -1 of 6- FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of entry the Bureau of Prison's (B , 150 Park R ork, w, New York, New telephone number |] busine to which : ed and was on of this in the 1A ed of the identiti rviewing Ager ded the following for BoP sinc 6, 1994 and has worked at ked at BoP's and FCI Ya its (SHUs) since 1995. in 2003, with the Lieute d phone and, are only available d them when they ility with prisoners or for ns. with -ion of 9 S (SHU). — technically Investigationon 08/12/2019 at New on) -NY-3151227 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 EFTA00091322

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) 90A-NY-3151227 Serial 30 SOA-NY-3151227 Continuation of FD-302 of ip Interview of | ,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 watch begins at 7:30 a.m. and ends at 4:00 p.m. The night watch begins at 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, SHU 3, and SHU 4. Typically, the SHU 1 CO has the keys and therefore can't go down range 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 JJ has worked, each group would be responsible for a separate range but that is not how it is organized at MCC, where each group does all ranges. There are six ranges within fe area of responsibility but only lieutenants can access one of the G range. Two COs perform a count of all inmates 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 recorded, but on different types of sheets. [J reviewed examples of documentation of both counts and rounds which were provided by AUSA i. 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 lieutenants, either the Operations Lieutenant or the Activities Lieutenant. The Operations Lieutenant handles overall issues while the Activities 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 J was the Operations Lieutenant, who was filling in for another lieutenant on leave. The lieutenants report EFTA00091323

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90A-NY-3151227 Serial 30 FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) 9O0A-NY~-3151227 i?) mh o Continuation of FD-302 of (On 08/12/2019 page 3 0 to Captain i. who always works the day watch. In the SHU, inmates are allowed a single social call once a month, lasting fifteen minutes. To make a legal call, inmates must make a written request, called a cop-out. On days when inmates aren't allowed to shower, which is Tuesdays and Thursdays, | goes through the cop-out requests and begins the process of providing inmates with legal calls. To make a legal call, there is a specific phone that FY brings to each cell and plugs into a jack outside the cell. | considers it a good day when he can get through all the requested legal calls in two full ranges. | did not remember when EPSTEIN first came to the SHU. fF figures EPSTEIN must have been housed with the prison’s general inmate population at some point because, approximately one month ago, while EPSTEIN was already housed in the SHU, an inmate in the general prison population told | that EPSTEIN wanted to speak with | without providing a reason. fe never had an in-depth conversation with EPSTEIN regarding this matter because EPSTEIN spent twelve hours a day, from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., meeting with his lawyers. Any time | ran into EPSTEIN, he appeared to be in a good mood and | thought he was just a happy guy. | does know that EPSTEIN was housed in the SHU when he attempted to commit suicide in July. | was in the elevator with one of the MCC’s doctors who said she was en route to the SHU to tell all personnel that EPSTEIN always needed to have a cellmate as a result of this incident. This information was not provided in writing or listed anywhere in writing in the SHU office, it was instead passed onto each watch by word of mouth. During the days prior to EPSTEIN's death, | ran into EPSTEIN as he was being escorted downstairs to meet with his lawyers on either Wednesday or Thursday. EPSTEIN told | he needed to set up his pack and pin, which allows inmates to make social calls. However, EPSTEIN had been unable to set it up because he was always meeting with his lawyers and was never in the SHU. EPSTEIN asked | to assist him because his normal unit manager was on leave. | looked in the system and verified the only call made by EPSTEIN from the MCC was the three-minute call given to inmates at the time of their initial intake into the facility. | made the request for EPSTEIN and obtained a paper printout of his pack and pin and provided it to EPSTEIN. EPSTEIN was happy, as were his lawyers, who made a thumbs-up EFTA00091324

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) 90A-NY-31 019 Continuation of FD-302 of , Page gesture to | . On Friday, gl jis /, i worked from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. as the Duty Officer. EPSTEIN told | he wanted to make a call to his I \ up his pack and pin. | views ve family socialization as part of his job, mother but been able t ensuring his inmat al inmates and pina minute was ending at and th way 1 make a his meeting with the lawyers earlier than normal. FY checked and confirmed TEIN had pack and pin. At cimately im to make that ipstairs. | did not IN in the shower area on found E 6:45 p.m. the G tier, calls because inmates are not locked in their locked cell the ability to pull the phone cord into their mmit self-harm. The ph where the guards are the first outlet on t t 1ich is ded | with a phone number beginning wit! the number and a male picked up the phone. | handec EPSTEIN and heard him say, “Hey, how you How' his was over and that he nake a phone was found dece turday, August 10, 2019), to work from a.m. to 4:00 p.m. as the Duty received ap EPSTEIN had and, TEIN was media was repc ting that E ¢, which is rom the main M building, and where EPSTEIN was beinc at the pital with C Management C who was responsible for taking IN's fingerprints, EFTA00091325

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) JA-NY-31 Continuation of FD-302 of ined with Medical | and en until ee from the arrived Due to the E official called and order a male uld be arrit adi k with a black seared wh was put unnoticed with EPSTEIN the pr sien, the bl McC and recount of the previous i. who is al Captain a had emailed fe but | re z| ynly eague wh I he had to ed this to ‘ion. TE email her his timeline of events and ees of EIN's bo fay prior to its transport by O his phone. ; didn't s wife, who cept his or email with an at other suic and how e\ EIN was found slumped had been fo fre d hoped all pr SHU personnel that in his ce with an around his any other a. who said he emembered E sIN giving him a 1 Op d-up count, when all inmates mu After his was housed on L <1ma The only time | saw ide who were on watch during E Saturday, August standing | knew Lieutenant | | did not to work on August cally the warc that things are done dif -han other BoP faciliti that, because } EFTA00091326

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ED-302a (Rev. 5-810) 90A-NY-3151227 Serial 30 90A-NY-31 Continuation of FD-302 of , On , Page is a high-rise facility and not a stand-alone facility, it may have allowed complacency to develop. One example of the difference between those other facilities and MCC is that MCC SHU inmates are allowed multiple sets of clothing and bedsheets at a time. Another example is that other SHUs have a £ sting special needs color-coded board in the SHU office visually dep inmates. Such a board would have provided a visual reminder to all SHU employees that EPSTEIN was to have a cellmate at all times. | did not know that EP c EIN' ellmate had not returned from court Daily A When showed the M ignment R rers from August 9, 2019 and August 10, 2019 (copies of which are attached in the 1A section of this would have been in a position to know E EIN was without a cellmate based nments. If | had been aware, he would have kept EPSTEIN handcuffed in a holding cell until he found him a new cellmate. | was not aware that the MCC's video functioning properly at the time of EPSTEIN's death. | always operated on their as surveillance ‘em was not under the assumption that it was and that someone was alw watching. fe did not have access to the live camera feed, only lieutenants could view the system. EFTA00091327