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The OIG Report Into Jeffrey Epstein's Death: The Events Of August 8-10 And Epstein's Death (Chapter 5)( Part 3) · The Vault: The Epstein Files

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  Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles.
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  In this episode, we're going to pick back up where
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  we left off and we're going to continue discussing the
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  OIG report into the circumstances surrounding the death of Jeffrey Epstein.
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  The last episode, we were talking about the failure to
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  assign Epstein a new cellmate on August ninth. In this episode,
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  we're going to be talking about the evening Watch staff
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  actions on August ninth. The Evening Watch shoe Officer in
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  charge told the OIG that he was the shoe officer
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  in charge on August ninth from approximately two pm until
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  ten pm. The evening Watch shoe officer in charge said
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  he relieved the day watch shoe Officer in charge from
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  his duties and worked in the shoe with the Senior
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  Officer Specialist five, A Material Handler, CO two and CO
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  Tovin Noel. The Evening Watch shoe officer in charge stated
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  that when he began a shift, Epstein was visiting his
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  attorneys in the Attorney conference room. The Evening Watch shoe
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  officer in charge told the OIG that he did not
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  recall having a conversation with the day Watch shoe officer
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  in charge about Epstein needing a cell mate. When advised
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  that the day watch shoe officer in charge was confident
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  about their conversation, the evening watch shoe officer in charge stated,
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  I don't necessarily want to call anyone a liar per se,
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  but I don't remember him speaking to me about this.
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  So maybe he spoke to Senior Officer five, and maybe
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  I was standing there and he thought I heard him.
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  The evening watch shoe officer in charge said, if inmate
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  three had left mcc New York with all of his belongings,
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  then someone should have found another inmate to replace him,
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  because Epstein was required to have a cell mate. The
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  evening watch shoe officer in charge told the OIG that
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  he eventually learned later that evening that Ebstein did not
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  have a cell mate. According to the evening watch shoe
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  officer in charge, after Ebstein returned from his attorney's visit
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  and placed a telephone call, he escorted Epstein to his
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  cell and saw that in may IREI was not there.
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  According to the evening watch shoe officer in charge, after
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  he realized that Epstein did not have a cell mate,
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  he Noel and the material handler, all of whom were
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  working in the shoe that evening, talked about Epstein needing
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  a new cell mate. The evening watch Shoe officer in
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  charge said shoe staff could not just put anyone in
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  the cell with Ebstein. In his interview with the OIG,
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  the Evening watch Shoe officer in charge stated that he
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  called someone he could not recall who, and notified that
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  person that Epstein did not have a cell mate. OIG
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  interviews did not identify an individual who received such a
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  call or who witnessed the Evening watched Shoe officer in
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  charge making it. Senior Officer Specialist five told the OIG
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  that on August ninth, he worked in the shoe from
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  approximately eight forty five am until four pm. Senior Officer
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  Specialist five said when he reported for duty, Epstein was
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  already with his attorneys. In May three had already left
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  the shoe, and neither inmate returned to the shoe prior
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  to his departure. Senior Officer Specialist five told the OIG
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  that he did not know Inmate three had been released
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  from mcc New York, and that no one told him
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  Epstein would need a new cell mate, including a day watch,
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  Shoe Officer in charge, the Captain, the Shoe lieutenant, or
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  anyone from the Psychology department. CO two told the OIG
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  that on August ninth, he worked in the shoe from
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  eight am until four pm. CO two said he did
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  not recall in May three departing the shoe that day
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  and that he was unaware that Epstein needed a new
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  cell mate. The Evening Watch Operations Lieutenant told the OIG
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  that he was the operations lieutenant at the MCC on
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  August ninth from approximately two pm until ten pm. The
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  Evening Watch Operations Lieutenant said he was aware that Epstein
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  was required to have a cell mate due to the
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  mass email that was sent out to all of the
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  MCC New York lieutenants. According to the Evening Watch Operations Lieutenant,
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  everyone who regularly worked in the Shoe should have known
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  that Epstein was required to have a cell mate. The
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  Evening Watch Operations lieutenant told the OIG that he did
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  not know in May three had left MCC New York
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  earlier that day and was unaware that Epstein did not
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  have a cell mate. He said that if in May
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  three had been transported to receiving in discharge as WAB
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  and the Shoe Lieutenant was off, then another supervisor should
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  have been notified. The Evening Watch Operations lieutenant told the
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  OIG that Shoe personnel assigned to his shift should have
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  notified him that ebsc Stein was without a cell mate,
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  but he had not been informed. The OIG's investigation revealed, however,
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  that the Evening Watch Operations Lieutenant was one of the
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  recipients of the USMS email notifying mcc new York Supervisory
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  staff of Inmate three schedule transfer out of New York
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  on August ninth. According to the Evening Watch Operations Lieutenant,
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  the acting Evening Watch activity as Lieutenant conducted the lieutenant
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  round in the Shoe on August ninth, and she only
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  would have known that Epstein was without a cell mate
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  if someone from the Shoe told her or if she
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  walked through the shoe tears during her rounds. The Evening
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  Watch Operations lieutenant said he believed that if the Evening
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  Watch Activities Lieutenant knew that Epstein did not have a
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  cell mate, she would have notified him. Both the acting
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  Evening Watch Activity As Lieutenant and the Morning Watch Operations
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  Lieutenant told the OIG that they were unaware of that
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  Epstein needed to have a cell mate. The acting Evening
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  Watch Activities Lieutenant, who was serving in his position on
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  August ninth from approximately four pm until ten PM, told
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  the OIG that because her ordinary position was a senior
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  Officer specialist, she was not aware that Epstein was required
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  to have a cell mate. The acting Evening Watch Activities
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  Lieutenant recalled hearing that Epstein had been placed on Suicide Watch,
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  but she never received specific instructions regarding Epstein. She said
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  that SHU staff did not tell her about the requirements
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  that Epstein have a cell mate or that his cell
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  mate had left mcc New York. The acting Evening Watch
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  Activities Lieutenant did not receive the August eighth USMS email
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  regarding inmate three's transfer. The Morning Watch Operations Lieutenant, who
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  was the operation's lieutenant from approximately ten pm on August
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  ninth until six am on August tenth, told the OIG
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  that she did not know that Epstein was required to
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  have a cell mate and that the captain never spoke
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  with her about this issue. The captain confirmed that he
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  did not specifically tell the Morning Watch Operations Lieutenant that
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  Epstein needed to have a cell mate. However, the Captain
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  said he believed that the Morning Watch Operations Lieutenant should
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  have known of the requirement, and she was one of
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  the recipients of the email from the Psychology Department on
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  July thirtieth, twenty nineteen, that informed mcc new York staff
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  that Epstein needed to have an appropriate cell mate. The
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  Morning Watch Operations lieutenant also received the August eighth USMS
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  email notifying mcc new York's supervisory staff of Inmate three
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  scheduled transfer out of mcc new York. The Morning Watch
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  Operations lieutenant told the OIG that if shoe staff knew
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  that Epstein required a sell mate and did not have one,
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  they should have informed her when she visited the shoe
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  at approximately four a m. On August tenth as part
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  of her lieutenant rounds. The material handler said the shoe
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  was not his regular post and he had not attended
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  shoe training, but he had worked in the shoe approximately
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  ten to twenty times, according to the material handler. On
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  August ninth, he reported for a voluntary overtime shift from
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  twelve a m. To eight a m. And then worked
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  as regular eight a m. To four pm shift in
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  the warehouse. At some point during the day shift, the
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  day watch Operations lieutenant called and asked the material handler
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  if he could work overtime in the shoe, and he agreed.
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  The material handler said he worked the four pm to
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  twelve am shift in the shoe with the evening watch
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  Shoe Officer in charge and Noel. The material handler told
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  the OIG that he felt pressure to work the third shift,
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  which resulted in him working twenty four hours straight from
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  twelve a m. On August ninth through twelve a m.
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  On August tenth. After the evening watch Shoe officer in
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  charge left at ten pm, the material handler and Noel
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  were the only employees working in the shoe from ten
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  pm to twelve am. The material handler recalled that Epstein
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  came back to the shoe from meeting with his attorneys
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  at approximately eight pm, which was later than the rest
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  of the inmates, and was returned to his cell on
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  el Tier. After the material Handler and Noel gave Epstein
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  his food, the material handler said they left the Eltier area.
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  The material handler said Epstein was alone in his cell,
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  but he was unaware that Epstein needed a cell mate.
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  Noel told the OIG that she worked in the shoe
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  from approximately four pm on August ninth until eight am
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  on August tenth, which was a double shift of sixteen hours.
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  Noel said the shoe was a regular post during the
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  time that Epstein was housed within the shoe. According to Noel,
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  inmates housed within the mc D New York Shoe were
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  typically assigned cell mates, but she did not know if
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  they were required to have cell mates. Noel said Epstein
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  was assigned to cell mate while he was housed within
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  the shoe, but said that no one spoke with her
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  about a requirement that Epstein have a cell mate. Noel
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  said she did not know that Inmate three had been
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  removed from mcc New York on August ninth, and stated
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  that she was not aware that Epstein should have been
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  assigned a new cell mate if in May three had
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  been removed from mcc New York. Material handler Michael Thomas
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  told the OIG that he worked a shift in the
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  shoe on August tenth from twelve am until eight am.
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  Thomas said the shoe was not his normal post, but
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  he had worked in the shoe on numerous previous occasions.
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  And was familiar with the SHOE protocols and procedures. Thomas
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  said he knew that if an inmate came off suicide
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  Watch or psychological observation, they should be assigned to cell mate,
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  and he said he was aware that Epstein had previously
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  been on suicide Watch and psychological observation. Therefore, Thomas assumed
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  that Epstein was required to have a cell mate, but
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  said no one had spoken with him about that requirement.
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  Thomas said the SHOE staff should have notified the operations
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  lieutenant as soon as they knew that Epstein's cell mate
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  had departed mcc new York on August ninth. However, Thomas
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  said he did not know that inmate three was removed
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  from mcc new York on August ninth, and that Epstein
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  was without a cell mate during his shift on August tenth.
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  All right, we're gonna wrap up this episode here, and
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  then in the next episode, we're gonna check out the
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  next section, which is Epstein is allowed to make an
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  unmonitored telephone call on August ninth. All of the information
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  that goes with the episode can be found in the
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  description box.