DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE I OFFICE OF TIIE INSPECTOR GENERAL

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE I OFFICE OF TIIE INSPECTOR GENERAL MEMORANDUM OF INVESTIGATION Case Number: 2019-010614 Reporting Office: Boston Area Office Interview of On August 4, 2021, Senior Special Agent and Special Agent MI U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG), conducted a voluntary interview of Supervisory Correctional Systems Specialist , Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) New York, New York, within the MCC New York. The interview was conducted in reference to an official OIG investigation surrounding the death of BOP inmate Jeffrey Epstein, Register Number 76318-054, who was previously housed at the MCC New York. The interview was recorded, and the recording has been transcribed. The interview transcript and documents discussed with during the interview, and provided by following the interview, are attached to this report. The audio recorded interview has been saved separately to the case file due to its large file size. Attachments: 1. Transcribed interview of the recorded interview of conducted on August 4, 2021 2. OIG Warnings and Assurances Formal b dated August 4, 2021 3. Email dated August 8, 2019, from United States Marshals Service (USMS), to the MCC New York 4. Email dated August 8, 2019, from USMS, to the MCC New York 5. MCC New York Form PP38 Daily Log on August 9, 2019 6. Inmate Fernandez Housing Quarters History report 7. MCC New York Daily Lieutenant's Log on August 9, 2019 8. MCC New York Daily Lieutenant's Log on August 10, 2019 9. Screenshot from MCC New York Special Housing Unit (SHU) Video 10. Email dated August 5, 2019, to 11. Email dated August 6, 2019, to 12. Email dated August 18, 2019, from and Michael Thomas 13. Email dated August 19, 2019, from 14. Photograph of BOP email Inbox showing no emails between August 9, 2019, and August 15, 2019 15. Email dated August 6, 2021, from with an attached example of a Court Production List regarding the hiring of a new General Foreman at the MCC New York regarding a SHU meeting regarding wellness checks conducted on BOP employees Tova Noel regarding overtime worked on August 10, 2019 Prepared By: Preparer Title: Reviewed By: Reviewer Title: Senior Special Agent Assistant Special Agent in Charge Signature: Signature: OIG Form III-210/4 (09/06/2018) This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the 16 It is the property of the 16 and is loaned to your agency:. it and its contents are not to be distributed outside of your agency EFTA00114849