-1 of 3- eT Orricia. Recoro FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of entry at the Unit of New York (SDNY) 1 vorking for the nis employment ce including Flor ional Cent | is currently e ng Unit (SHU) and the and will rk in both ac nsibilitieés while we building and managi U, and goes down ran Operations Lieutenant will visit th nature s sutenant bri to sign and file et into the until Investigation on 18/30/2019 at New Y Date drafted 09/09/2019 This docu to be distributed outside your SDNY_00008044 EFTA00122996

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) 9OA-NY-3151227 Continuation of FD-302 of (U) Interview of BOP LT. | .On 08/30/2019 page 2 of 3 2:00 PM shift. There is no nighttime SHU Lieutenant scheduled at MCC. | has worked at other BOP facilities where a nighttime Lieutenant is scheduled. All BOP employees are required to participate in an annual refresher training. The last training was held at 26 Federal Plaza in New York,NY. There is also quarterly training for new corrections officers assigned to the SHU and others who are mandated to attend. Suicide prevention is one of the topics discussed during the training. The training discusses; the signs of suicide, and what an employee should do if an inmate attempts or successfully commits suicide. The details of these trainings are found in post orders which are displayed at MCC. | had not heard about EPSTEIN until he arrived at MCC as an inmate. | | was not working at the time of EPSTEIN's attempted suicide, and was told about the incident afterwards. Standard practice at MCC is that if an inmate is placed on suicide watch, ajcéllmate will be placed with that inmate. The psychology unit gives corrections officers a hot list which lists the names of any inmates who aréyon suicide watch and require a cellmate. EPSTEIN was placed on«Suicide watch, was brought upstairs to the SHU, and discussions began about’ who EPSTEIN's cellmate would be. | | was not present at any of these meetings. Once REYES was selected to be EPSTEIN's cellmate, | spoke with,EPSTEIN and REYES about it and neither inmate had an issue with it. | physically placed REYES into EPSTEIN's cell. [Agent's Note; At this point in the interview, | was shown a printed email from AUSA i. | | stated he recalled receiving the email, which was prior to assigning REYES to be EPSTEIN's cellmate.] On 08/03/19, | | was assigned as the Operations Lieutenant on the 8:00 AM-4:00 PM shift, which is actually worked 6:00 AM-2:00 PM. Corrections officers during the morning watch shift knew that EPSTEIN and REYES were to be kept in the same cell. REYES was removed from EPSTEIN's cell during this shift for a court appearance and was released. A new cellmate was not immediately placed into EPSTEIN's cell. | was aware of EPSTEIN being alone, and was waiting to see what inmate would be assigned as EPSTEIN's new cellmate. || believed SDNY_00008045 EFTA00122997

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) 9OA-NY~-3151227 Continuation of FD-302 of (U) Interview of BOP LT. | ,On 08/30/2019 page 3 Of 3 the Captain or the psychology unit would make this assignment. MMMM cid not tell any members of the relieving shift or Captain, that REYES had been released from MCC, or that EPSTEIN was currently without a cellmate. JJ did not work on 08/10/19 and heard about EPSTEIN's death on the news. || explained that corrections officers travel between theyninth floor and the tenth floor of MCC via a staircase. Corrections officers can take an elevator from the ninth floor to the eleventh floor but it’ does not stop at the tenth floor. The tenth floor is not a full,floory and is similar to an attic. There are bathrooms for the use of corrections officers on the ninth and tenth floors. Female corrections officers mostly use the tenth floor bathroom because it is more comfortable and private. Corrections officers pick up the house phone and have the @6ntrol umit open the doors for them to access the bathroom and to complete their jrounds. | also explained that overtime during the nighttime shift for corrections officers in thesSHU jis not often sought after. This is because it requires officers to bé mobile and to prepare the paperwork for the morning shift. SDNY_00008046 EFTA00122998