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The Psychology Department At The MCC And Their Narrative About Epstein's Demise (Part 1) (5/27/26) · The Vault: The Epstein Files

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  Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
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  Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, we're going to take a
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  look at the report that was put together by the
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  psychiatrist and their staff about Jeffrey Epstein and the events
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  leading up to his death. Background information Jeffrey Epstein was
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  sixty six years old, white mel who died on August tenth,
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  twenty nineteen, while housed at the Metropolitan Correctional Complex in
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  New York, New York. Redacted. Former acting Assistant Director re
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  Entry Services Division appointed a team to conduct a psychological reconstruction.
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  The team consisted of redacted National Suicide Prevention Coordinator, Central Office,
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  redacted Sex Offender Treatment Program Coordinator, Central Office, redacted Mental
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  Health Treatment Coordinator, Central Office, and redacted Correctional Services Administrator
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  Northeast Regional Office. The reconstruction was established in accordance with
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  Bureau of Prisons Program Statement five three to four zero
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  eight Suicide Prevention Program. Formal interviews were not conducted as
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  part of this reconstruction at the direction of the Department
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  of Justice. A copy of the video is normally made
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  following a significant incident, but there was no such video
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  in this case, since the original video was confiscated by
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  the Federal Bureau of Investigation prior to the beginning of
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  this reconstruction. The absence of these two areas of inquiry
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  severely limited the ability to establish accurate timelines, confirm subjective reports,
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  establish converging and diverging lines of facts, or discover new
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  areas of inquiry. As a result, the information typically gathered, reviewed,
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  and consolidated during a reconstruction to support actionable findings and
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  recommendations is limited. Social history mister Epstein did not have
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  a pre sentenced report available at the time of reconstruction. Therefore,
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  no official information regarding social history was accessible. The following
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  was gathered from publicly available documents. Mister Epstein was born
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  in nineteen fifty three and grew up in a middle
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  class family in the neighborhood of Seagate on Coney Island
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  with one brother. After early promotion in two grades, mister
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  Epstein graduated from Lafayette High School in nineteen sixty nine
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  at the age of sixteen. He attended Cooper Union and
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  New York University, but did not graduate from either. Mister
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  Epstein taught at the Dalton School, a private school on
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  the upper East side of Manhattan from September nineteen seventy
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  four until he was dismissed in June of nineteen seventy
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  six for inadequate development as a teacher. Following that, he
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  held a number of positions in the financial industry, to
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  include a position as a limited partner at Barr Stearns
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  until he was dismissed for unknown policy violations in nineteen
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  eighty one. He also worked as a financial consultant and
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  found it out at least two separate companies. Mister Epstein
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  had two significant periods of employment. The rest of these
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  was his position as a consultant with Stephen Jude Hoffenberg
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  in the late eighties. Mister Hoffenberg was described as his
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  first mentor. Mister Hoffenberg was later convicted and incarcerated of
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  running a large Ponzi scheme. He implicated mister Epstein in
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  fraudently diverting company funds for his own personal use. Years later,
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  Leslie Wexner, mister Epstein's sole client at Jay Epstein in Company,
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  granted him power of attorney over his affairs. Despite also
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  being identified as mister Wexner's meantee. Mister Epstein was again
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  accused of misappropriating funds more than forty six million dollars.
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  These large sums are believed to be seed money mister
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  Epstein used to establish his considerable fortune. These events are
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  indicative of mister Epstein's highly regarded intelligence and charismatic personality.
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  Legal history, mister e. Apps seen at a history of
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  adult criminal charges and convictions. In June two thousand and eight,
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  he entered into a non prosecution agreement and pleaded guilty
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  to one count of solicitation of prostitution and one count
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  of procuring a person under the age of eighteen for
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  prostitution in the state of Florida. He was sentenced to
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  thirty months eighteen months of incarceration and twelve months of probation.
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  He was also mandated to register as a sex offender
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  under the National Sex Offender Registry and Notification Act. Mister
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  Epstein served thirteen of his eighteen month incarceration and then
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  successfully completed twelve months of probation. It's unclear whether he
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  followed the sex offender registration guidelines in each place he
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  owned a residence. In regard to the pending charges, mister
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  Epstein was formally charged with sex trafficking, conspiracy in violation
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  of US Code eighteen, Section three seventy one and sex
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  trafficking in violation of US Code eighteen, Section fifteen ninety
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  one XI one, A, B two and two. On July second,
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  twenty nineteen. Specifically, he was accused of sexually exploiting and
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  abusing minor females over the course of several years. Charging
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  documents alleged mister Epstein enticed and recruited minor females to
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  engage in sexual activity. The minor females were reportedly compensated
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  with cash following the sexual encounters, and some were encouraged
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  to find other minor females to accompany them to mister
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  Epstein's residences in New York or Florida. He pleaded not
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  guilty to the charges and was pre trial at the
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  time of his death. In a thirty seven page decision
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  an order remanding the defendant signed by Judge Richard M.
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  Berman on July eighteenth, twenty nineteen. Eighteen pages were dedicated
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  to detailing the danger mister Epstein posed to others and
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  the community. The document also alleged that he was a
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  flight risk. As a result, mister Epstein's proposed bellpackage was
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  determined to be inadequate. He was denied pre trial release
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  and held on remand this was likely significant to mister Epstein,
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  as he would lose the physical and financial comfort to
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  which he had become accustomed. Furthermore, his ability to mount
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  the defense would be limited to the parameters of legal
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  visits and legal work that could be accomplished in jail.
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  These restrictions, and the abundance of witnesses, victims, and negative
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  public attention were likely considerable burdens on mister epstein institutional history.
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  On July six, twenty nineteen, mister Epstein was arrested at
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  Teterborough Airport in New Jersey upon his return from Paris, France.
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  It's unknown whether he was anticipating his arrest. He was
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  transported to mcc New York and keaden the sentry at
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  nine twenty four pm that evening. Mister Epstein was placed
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  in general population housing for approximately twenty two hours. On
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  July seventh, twenty nineteen, at approximately seven to twenty pm,
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  he was moved to special housing unit pending reclassification. Due
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  to the significant increase in media coverage and awareness of
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  his notoriety among the inmate population with regard to his
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  adjustment to a correctional setting. Mister Epstein received one incident
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  report while in BP custody for self mutilation on July
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  twenty third, twenty nineteen. As of August fifteenth, twenty nineteen,
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  the incident report had been expunged, but it's unclear why
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  and whether mister Epstein knew this. Also, a review of
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  financial transactions associated with mister Epstein's prison account revealed one
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  of his attorneys was depositing funds into his cellmate, inmate
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  Rayu's commissary account for unknown reasons. The plot dickens. Doesn't
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  it notice how nobody talks about that? Huh? Why the
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  hell was Epstein giving mister rays money? Health Care and
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  Personality Description BOP electronic medical records indicate Epstein was diagnosed
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  with hyper lipidemia, sleep apnea, hypertension, constipation, pre diabetes, neurologia,
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  and neritis unspecified. He was prescribed the following medications docusate, sodium,
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  milk of magnesia, Omega III, methyl pretozone, and biscodeal whatever
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  that is. Mister Epstein was also prescribed insulin and the
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  prescription required him to go to the Institution Pharmacy for
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  administration of this medication. However, the dates for which it
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  was prescribed have a notation indicating does not indicated, Thus
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  it does not appear insulin was routinely medically necessary. The
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  rest of the medications prescribed were self carry. He also
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  had a continuous positive airway pressure machine, which is typically
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  used to treat sleep apnea. Mister Epstein was provided with
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  his personal seapap machine on July thirtieth to th high
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  per b e MR. In regard to mental health history
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  and treatment, there are no known available records. Certainly, there
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  were records kept on mister Epstein's incarceration in Florida. However,
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  the records were not available for review as of the
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  data this report. With regard to Psychology Data System records
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  in b MR, doctor Kerry redacted forensic psychologists at MCC's
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  New York completed a routine intake screening on July eighth,
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  twenty nineteen. During the screening, mister Epstein denied any history
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  of mental health problems, substance abuse and treatment. No symptoms
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  of mental illness were observed. He was classified as Mental
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  Health Care Level one and was not diagnosed with mental illness.
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  Following a consultation with doctor redacted, National Suicide Prevention Coordinator.
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  On July eighth, twenty nineteen, Doctor redacted, chief psychologist at
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  mcc New York, determine mister Epstein should be preemptively evaluated
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  for suicide risk upon his return from court. Primary consideration
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  was given to his various risk factors for suicide, such
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  as his being a high profile case with media attention,
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  his pending sex offense charges, pre trial status, and ongoing
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  court proceeding. Mister Epstein returned from court on July eighth,
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  twenty nineteen, after normal business hours. He denied suicidal thoughts
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  at the time, but due to the potential for other
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  risk factors listed above, the on call psychologist placed Epstein
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  on psychological observation in one of the suicide watch cells
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  until he could be assessed in person by a BOP psychologist.
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  On July ninth, twenty nineteen, mister Epstein underwent a formal
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  in person suicide risk assessment with doctor Adactid. She determined that,
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  while on suicide watch was not warranted at the time,
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  mister Epstein should remain on psychological observation status out of
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  an abundance of caution. He was removed from psychological observation
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  on July tenth, twenty ten. On July twenty third, twenty nineteen,
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  Doctor redacted, the on call psychologist, was notified mister Epstein
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  had been found in his cell with a piece of
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  orange cloth around his neck. Reportedly, he was observed lying
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  in the feudal position on the floor with a noose
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  around his neck. Medical staff evaluated mister Epstein and found
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  friction marks and superficial reddening of the neck and one knee.
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  He was placed on suicide watch by the Operations lieutenant
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  at approximately one forty am, pending a formal in person
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  suicide risk assessment. Doctor adacted staff psychologist at mcc New
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  York assessed mister Epstein for risk of suicide. Later in
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  the morning of July twenty third, twenty nineteen. He determined
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  that he should remain on suicide watch. Mister Epstein denied
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  any knowledge of how he received marks on his neck
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  and initially informed staff that he thought that his cellmate
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  had attempted to kill him. Special Investigative Services staff opened
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  an investigation to assess mister Epstein's safety and collect facts
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  surrounding the episode. Despite the investigation, staff were unable to
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  determine whether he was assaulted or engaged in self directed violence.
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  Mister Epstein was removed from suicide Watch on July twenty fourth,
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  twenty nineteen, after thirty one hours and five minutes. Thereafter,
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  he remained in the suicide Watch cell and was placed
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  on psychological observation, where he remained housed until July thirtieth,
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  twenty nineteen. According to pds B E MR records, a
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  discrepancy exists regarding when he was removed from psychological observation.
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  His cell assignment per century indicates that he was transferred
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  back to the special housing unit on July twenty ninth,
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  twenty nineteen, whereas PDS B E MR indicates that he
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  was removed from psychological observation on July thirtieth, twenty nineteen,
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  at approximately eight fifteen am. Mister Epstein attended a court
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  hearing on July thirty one, twenty nineteen, and upon his return,
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  the United States Marshall Services provided paperwork to Receiving and
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  Discharge that noted suicidal tendencies. Doctor redacted was notified on
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  August first, twenty nineteen about the paperwork. She consulted with
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  doctor redacted and then met with Epstein to conduct a
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  suicide risk assessment. She determined suicide watch was not warranted
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  at the time. Epstein remained classified as a mental health
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  care Level one throughout his time at mcc New York.
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  During his contact with psychologist, Epstein routinely denied current mental
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  health symptoms, including suicidal ideation, and he did not exhibit
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  symptoms of serious mental illness. His most frequent complaint was
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  difficulty sleeping. He did not have access to his seapat
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  machine until it was reportedly provided to him on July thirtieth,
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  twenty nineteen. Mister Epstein also reported he was bothered by
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  noise in the shoe at times. He noted concerns related
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  to his safety in the shoe or in general population
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  housing unit. On two occasions, July twenty sixth, twenty nineteen
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  and July twenty seventh, twenty nineteen, he described himself as
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  a coward and as someone who does not like pain.
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  On July twenty eighth, twenty nineteen, he told doctor redacted
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  the toilet seat in his cell would not stop flushing
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  for an extended period of time, and then he took
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  to sitting in the corner with his hands over his ears.
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  Mister Epstein indicated he was agitated following this incident and
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  was unable to sleep that night. All right, folks, we're
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  gonna wrap up right here, and in the next episode
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  dealing with the topic, we're gonna pick up where we
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  left off. All the information that goes with this episode
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  can be found in the description box.