-1 of 6- Orriciat Recorp FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AL (MC , 150 Park New York, e number MH, busine interviewed by FBI New York. c to Employee Requ " form, which | =. and — . i retained the original and a in the 1A ion of this ed and was the identiti following rviewing Age 6, 1994 and has workec (New Jer BoP sin to the MC ation (FCI) Fort orida), and FCI Ya has worked in Special Housing Units (SHUs) with the in 2002 and a SHU supervis d phone and, ins are only ility with pri | current th. 1, and and two four empl File # -NY-3151227 Date drafted ys 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 EFTA00141120

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) SOA-NY-3151227 Continuation of FD-302 of (U) 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 J) 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 Ha. 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 EFTA00141121

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) 9O0A-NY-315122 i?) mh a Continuation of FD-302 of {U) ,On 08/12/2019 | Page 3 to | | 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. | 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. P| 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 EFTA00141122

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) 90A-NY-31 Continuation of FD-302 of ,On O19 page 4 OF 6 gesture to a. Friday, FY worked from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. as | he wanted to make a call to his up his pack and pin. ; views ve family socialization as part of his job, so he the Duty Offic te mother but had not been able to ensuring his inmat al inmates k and pin a ending 1 make a up his pack and pin. At waiting fo searched, and b the shower area on ise inmates are not bility to pull the pt self-harm. The phe 1é number b EPSTEIN and heard him say, “Hey, how you do How's everything? his watct EIN was being guarded k I Internal. was found dece r-urday, August 10, 2019), a.m. to 4:00 p.m. as the Duty ’ FY received a phone TEIN had the ing that which is gua When fF -Or the ly main M building, and where EP was being at the hospital with C arriv who was responsible for taking Co EFTA00141123

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) 90A-NY-31 Continuation of FD-302 of sd the ined with Medical EIN the Due ansport EPS outside the a male OCME official called and uld be arrit at the ading k with a black vehi to thwart the media, a. =. and || used boxes and seared wh what le which the pr 1 = allowing TEIN unnoticed with EPS ody, | returned to MCC nts da recount of the pr s to a. who is ] d emailed a but | respec ided that couldn't talk about email her hi pictures of EIN's body prior to its pictures, — delet transport by O his phone. ; didn't s wife, who and how e\ EIN was found slumped fre had been fo in his ce any other giving him a thumbs p.m. t, when all inmates mu After his death, | learned E ximately fift was housed on L who were o The only ide was standing out the ae knew Lieutenant | | to work on August 1 didn | and i. These the ware -han other BoP ves that, because bh EFTA00141124

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FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) 9O0A-NY~-3151227 Continuation of FD-302 of 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 color-coded board in the SHU office visually depicting special needs of 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 EPSTEIN's cellmate had not returned from court ters from August 9, 2019 on Friday. When showed the MCC Daily Assignment Ff and August 10, 2019 (copies of which are attached in the 1A section of this TEIN was without a cellmate based would have been in a position to know EP gnments. If | had been aware, he would have kept EPSTEIN cell until he found him a new cellmate. on their ass handcuffed in a holding | was not aware that the MCC's video surveillance was not functioning properly at the time of EPSTEIN's death. | always operated under the assumption that it was and that someone was always watching. fF did not have access to the live camera feed, only lieutenants could view the system. EFTA00141125