Report: Epstein Wasn’t Being Properly Supervised Before His Apparent Suicide

Jeffrey Epstein Associated Press
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Metropolitan Correctional Center guards didn’t closely monitor alleged child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein when he apparently hanged himself in his cell, according to a Sunday New York Times report.

An unnamed law enforcement official told the Times that though Epstein had been taken off suicide before he was found dead, the guards didn’t follow the correctional facility’s protocol that mandated them to check in on Epstein every 30 minutes.

Two anonymous officials said that the jail had also broken protocol by keeping him alone in his cell just two weeks after taking him off suicide watch.

Epstein, who was charged last month for allegedly running a child sex trafficking ring, was put on suicide watch about three weeks ago after the disgraced billionaire was found lying in a fetal position in his cell with rope marks around his neck. However, he was taken off suicide watch six days later.

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  1. So basically malignant neglect or some variant?

  2. Ah… they’re going with a “blame the guards” strategy. If played well, it may provide insulation to the management or other higher-ups from having their competence or motivations questioned.

  3. So. Barr will ceremonially, and with great noising abroad, have a couple of GS-7 prison guards fired and that’s a wrap. Bygones!!

    ETA. Whatever happened to the “Captain is responsible for his entire ship’s company” bit? Is this the GOP now? Of course it is.

    ETA, If this happened in any western European country, Barr’s equivalent would be offering his or her resignation to the First Minister.

  4. Curse that wiley Bill Clinton for distracting the guards while Monica did the hit, hanging Epstein with the blue dress, per Hillary’s emailed instructions from her private server in the pizza parlor basement.

  5. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Sheer incompetence or something sinister?

    All I can say is if it were my duty to ensure Epstein’s safety -a high profile inmate receiving national and even worldwide interest, with tentacles reaching to the President, an ex-President, a Prince, and other high-profile wealthy men - I would have gone above and beyond to carry out my obligations, which was to deliver him to court to stand trial safely. The fact that this was “mishandled” is suspicious.

    The question remains can we trust an investigation supervised by any person in this Administration? Actually, not really a question since the answer is quite clear. We need a Congressional investigation.

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