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The Psychology Department At The MCC And Their Narrative About Epstein's Demise (Part 3) (5/26/26) · The Epstein Chronicles

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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 picking up where we
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  left off with the MCC Psychological Department and their explanation
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  as to what happened to Jeffrey Epstein Number six Direct observation.
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  Mister Epstein was on suicide watch from July twenty third,
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  twenty nineteen until July twenty fourth, twenty nineteen. While on
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  suicide watch, on July twenty third, twenty nineteen, mister Epstein
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  attended an attorney visit from approximately twelve forty pm until
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  seven to fifteen pm. During this time, he was without
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  direct continuous observation by a dedicated BOP staff member as
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  required by P. Five three two four dot zero eight.
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  While on psychological observation, he attended attorney visits on July
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  twenty fourth, twenty nineteen for eleven and a half hours,
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  on July twenty fifth, twenty nineteen, eleven and a half hours,
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  on July twenty six, twenty nineteen, for nine and a
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  half hours, on July twenty seventh, twenty nineteen eleven zero
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  point three three hours, on July twenty eighth, twenty nineteen,
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  for ten and a half hours and on July twenty ninth,
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  twenty nineteen, four eight hours. On July thirtieth, twenty nineteen,
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  psychology observation was terminated. During these visits, continuous observation by
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  a dedicated BOP staff member was not maintained as required
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  by MCC New York procedural Memorandum for Psychological Observation seven
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  follow up. Mister Epstein arrived at MCC New York on Saturday,
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  July six, twenty nineteen. While conducting the ten PM institution
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  count that evening, Redacted facility's assistant reported she observed mister
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  Epstein in itself. In an email that she sent to
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  doctor redacted and and Lieutenant redacted later that evening, she
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  described mister Epstein as distraught, sad, and a little confused.
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  She said that she then asked mister Epstein if he
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  was okay, and he reportedly said he was. However, she
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  noted in her email she was not convinced of this,
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  adding he seems dazed and withdrawn. She went on to say, so,
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  just to be on the safe side and prevent any
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  suicidal thoughts, can someone from psychology come and talk to him?
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  Despite the fact that Lieutenant redacted open this email. There's
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  no evidence that he contacted the on call psychologist as
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  is required by P. Five three two four dot zero
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  eight Suicide Prevention Program. Additionally, if misredacted was concerned about
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  suicide risk, P. Five three two four dot zero eight
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  Suicide program requires her to maintain direct continuous observation of
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  mister Epstein. When doctor redacted opened the ear email. The
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  following one day morning, mister Epstein was evaluated by Doctor
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  redacted at approximately nine thirty a m. Mister Epstein was
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  denied bill on Thursday July eighteenth, twenty nineteen. This was
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  a significant disappointment for mister Epstein and likely challenged disability
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  and willingness to adapt to incarceration. Given the potential impact
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  of the judge's decision, a psychologist should have assessed mister
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  Epstein's mental status upon his return to the institution. The
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  BOP developed a century assignment of sy alert for purposes
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  such as this. Specifically, sy alert is used to ensure,
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  if movement occurs, that all staff consider the special psychological
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  and management conditions and related risks associated with the inmate. Furthermore, P.
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  Five three two four dot zero seven Century Psychology Alert
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  function states want a decision to move. Any sy alert
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  and maate occurs, any special psychological needs of the inmate
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  are reviewed and considered by psychology services staff, and any
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  safety and security concerns are highlighted from non psychology services staff.
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  Psychologists should use the SYE alert assignment more frequently with
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  high profile cases and with inmates who have a history
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  of charge of sex offense. Both of these groups of
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  inmates are susceptible to exaggerated or unrealistic fears about correctional
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  settings and experience stress associated during movement and periods of
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  transition e g. Cell unit changes, movement to and from court,
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  institutional movement, and release of information through the media. Mister
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  Epstein was reportedly in court on July thirty first, twenty nineteen.
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  It's unknown what time he returned to mcc New York,
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  because this information was not entered in century. Regardless, upon
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  his return, the United States Marshall Service us MS provided
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  R and D staff with a Prisoner of Custody Alert
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  notice regarding mister Epstein. The notice indicated mister Epstein had
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  MTL mental concern suicidal tendencies. The us MSS requested R
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  and D staff sign the form and then they departed
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  with the signed copy. On August first, twenty nineteen, at
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  eight forty six am, Doctor adacted sent Doctor adacted in
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  email reporting she had just become aware of the above information.
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  In the absence of additional information about this notation, this
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  should have been considered a referral to psychology about a
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  potentially suicidal inmate, and procedures should have been followed as
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  outlined in p. Five three two four dot zero eight
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  Suicide Prevention Program. Specifically, when a staff member becomes aware
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  an inmate may be thinking about suicide during normal working hours,
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  that staff member must contact psychology services and maintained the
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  inmate under direct continuous observation until he is placed on
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  suicide watch or seen by a psychologist. There's no evidence
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  mister Epstein was monitored under these conditions from the time
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  he returned from court until he was seen by Doctor
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  redacted for a suicide risk assessment on August first, twenty nineteen,
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  at approximately one thirty pm. Number eight Inmate accountability and
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  assignment accuracy. According to a Century Quarter's roster generated on
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  August tenth, twenty ten, at twelve fifty one am, there
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  were three inmates assigned to mister Epstein's shoe cell Z
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  zero four dash to zero six LAD including him at
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  the time of his death. However, his shoe cell was
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  only double occupancy inmate Patrick A. Villa, inmate Gregory Ferreer,
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  and mister Epstein were all assigned to the same cell.
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  On August thirteenth, nineteen, at twelve oh six PM and
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  twelve oh eight PM, we generated a quarter's history roster
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  for inmate of Villa and Ferrera, respectively. In made of
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  Villa's cell assignment was Z zero four to zero six
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  la D from August fifth, two thousand and nine, until
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  August eleventh, twenty nineteen, when he was moved to sell
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  seven zero four two one two UAD. Inmate ferrera cell
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  assignment was Z zero four two zero six ua D
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  from August first, twenty nineteen until August eleventh, twenty nineteen,
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  when he was moved to sell Z zero four to
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  zero seven la D. We then generated a quarter's history
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  roster from mister Epstein on August thirteenth, twenty nineteen at
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  nine oh seven am. His cell assignment was Z zero
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  four dash two zero six la D from July twenty ninth,
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  twenty nineteen, until August tenth, nineteen. On Monday, August twelfth,
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  twenty nineteen, photographs of name tags on shoe cell doors
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  and shoe locator forms were sent to the Correctional Service
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  Department in the Northeast region. The shoe locator form is
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  dated August ninth, twenty nineteen. It shows inmate Fererer in
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  cell two O seven. L Century states he was moved
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  to the cell on August eleventh, twenty nineteen. In made
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  Epstein is in cell to twenty L Century never shows
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  them in this cell along within may Rayis. The locator
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  shows inmate copper and inmate dockery in cell two O six.
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  The photoshets show the cell being two twenty within made
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  Epstein and rays identification cards on the door in Maate
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  rayis ephrin registration number eight five nine nine three. Dash
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  zero five to four was in cell Z zero six
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  to twenty U from August fifth, twenty nineteen. August ninth,
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  twenty nineteen. MCC has four suicide watch cells and each's
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  for single occupancy use. The suicide watch cells are located
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  in Hell Services. Each cells abbreviated with the unit code
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  eight zero one in Century, followed by the four digit
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  cell number. The doors are identified by a painted number
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  from one to four. Two reviews are conducted. The first
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  revealed mister Epstein was in H zero one dash zero
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  zero one L according to Century, but the suicide Watch
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  log books indicate that he was in cell four. A
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  second review was conducted on April thirteenth, twenty nineteen. While
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  there were four inmates on these cells, Century show two
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  inmates assigned to h O one zero zero one L,
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  one assigned to eight zero one dash zero two L,
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  and the fourth inmate assigned to a general population housing unit.
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  Through physical observation of the dedicated suicide Watch c sets,
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  there were four eight zero one cells. However, a review
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  of the bop ware inmate housing format only shows three cells.
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  Inmate movement and assignment are not accurately reflected in Century
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  as required by p. Five five zero zero dot one
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  four Correctional Service Procedure Manual. Nine Attorney logbooks four log
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  books were not secured following mister Epstein's death. Specifically, three
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  attorney log books located in the attorney visiting and front
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  lobby areas and an inmate search logbook located in the
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  attorney visiting area were not secured. All four books were
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  still in use at the outset of the reconstruction and
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  after the reconstruction team advised staff to secure them. P.
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  Five three two four dot zero eight states in the
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  event of suicide, institution staff, particularly correctional staff and other
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  law enforcement personnel, will handle the site with the same
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  level of protection as any crime scene in which a
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  death has occurred. The policy further states all possible evidence
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  and documentation will be preserved to provide data and support
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  for subsequent investigations and investigators doing the psychological reconstruction. Further,
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  a review of the attorney logbooks identified many errors and
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  signify a systematic concern. For example, there were two concurrently
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  open attorney logbooks in the attorney visiting area. Further, the
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  different purposes of the two attorney logbooks, one in the
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  attorney visit area and one in the front lobby, could
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  not be explained. BOP staff were unable to articulate a
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  system of control for the logbooks, and during reconstruction some
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  of the logbooks could not be accounted for. Within the logbooks,
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  entries were made out of the chronological order. Attorneys did
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  not consistently sign in and doubt and significant information was
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  illegible or missing. Columns were not consistently labeled. Logbook opening
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  and closing dates were inconsistent, and the cover had been
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  torn off several books. At the current time, these logbooks
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  are not functioning as an adequate system of control and
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  monitoring ten automatic external defibrillators. A review of available AEDs
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  in the institution revealed that the list used for accountability
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  and inspection purposes was inaccurate and incomplete. Eleven post orders
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  and shoe training Shoe post orders sign in sheets were
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  reviewed for the third quarter spanning June ninth, twenty nineteen
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  to September seventh, twenty nineteen. Officer L. Gray failed to
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  sign post orders for shoe number three posts. Quarterly shoe
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  training sign in sheets were reviewed. The twenty nineteen third
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  quarter shoe training was conducted on June six, twenty nineteen.
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  Three staff assigned to the third quarter shoe roster in
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  shoe did not attend or receive the shoe training. Officer adapted,
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  Officer adacted, and Officer adacted. Twelve staffing. The Drug Abuse
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  Program Coordinator position at mcc New York was abolished during
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  phase one of staff realignment during fiscal year twenty eighteen.
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  Re Establishing the Drug Abuse Program Coordinator position would provide
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  the institution with an additional supervised repsychologist to provide critical
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  clinical service. Staffing in the Correctional Service department is relevant
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  to the reconstruction. However, the details about this topic are
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  provided in the after action review completed separately from the
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  report Number thirteen. Case conceptualization, a broad understanding of risk
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  factors associated with sex offenders by staff at mcc New
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  York did not appear to be present, but was vital
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  to his adjustment and safety in prison. There is limited
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  time for psychologists to dedicate extended periods conceptualizing cases. However,
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  it's recommended in particularly complex and high profile cases in
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  order to provide the effective psychological interventions and maximize support
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  for executive staff management of inmates. The documents examined true
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  Intel Download Report of Incident five eighty three, five eighty
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  six and Global Report True View, Money exchanged, phone email
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  and visitor lists, calls, messages, visits, timeline, truscope logs, high
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  risk inmates, inmate lists, et cetera, staff memorandums, staff email,
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  photographs of the scene deceased autopsy video showing scene and
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  staff response, Century Documentation, SIS, case file index, Psychology file,
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  pdsbe MR, Psychological observation, procedural memorandum, post orders, lieutenant logs,
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  attorney logs, staff roster, Medical Information Records, BOP twenty four
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  hour death report, pre sentence report, Notes Left behind by deceased, Timeline,
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  autopsy request and report in made Central file, Court return
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  screening form, Prisoner Roman Form USM one twenty nine, Individual
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  custody Detention Report, Prisoner custody Alert Notice, staff sign and
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  log one week prior to suicide, detention orders, thirty minute
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  shoe rounds, and the BP two ninety twos and two
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  ninety fives. All right, So that's what psychology at MCC
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  came up with after Epstein's death. Now, does it sound
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  to you like they're sure of what went down? Because
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  the sure seems to me that they have no idea
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  what happened in that jail cell that Epstein was sharing
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  with Nicholas Tartaglioni. And if the BOP is lying about that,
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  what else are they lying about? And why? And that,
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  of course is the million dollar question. All the information
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  that goes with this episode can be found in the
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  description box