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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE I OFFICE OF TIIE INSPECTOR GENERAL

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE I OFFICE OF TIIE INSPECTOR GENERAL MEMORANDUM OF INVESTIGATION Case Number: 2019-010614 Reporting Office: Boston Area Office Interview of Tova Noel On June 22, 2021, Senior Special Agent and Special Agent U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG), conducted a voluntary interview of Correctional Officer Tova Noel, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) New York, New York, within the Bergen County Bar Association second floor conference room located at Hackensack, New Jersey. Attorneys Jason Foy and Eric Sarraga, Foy & Seplowitz, LLC, and Case Manager BOP, MCC New York, who identified herself as Noel's BOP Local 3148 Union Representative, were also present for the interview and served as Noel's legal and BOP representatives. 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 previous

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE I OFFICE OF TIIE INSPECTOR GENERAL MEMORANDUM OF INVESTIGATION Case Number: 2019-010614 Reporting Office: Boston Area Office Interview of Tova Noel On June 22, 2021, Senior Special Agent and Special Agent U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG), conducted a voluntary interview of Correctional Officer Tova Noel, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) New York, New York, within the Bergen County Bar Association second floor conference room located at Hackensack, New Jersey. Attorneys Jason Foy and Eric Sarraga, Foy & Seplowitz, LLC, and Case Manager BOP, MCC New York, who identified herself as Noel's BOP Local 3148 Union Representative, were also present for the interview and served as Noel's legal and BOP representatives. 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. Noel was a Correctional Officer assigned to the MCC New York Special Housing Unit on August 10, 2019, the day Epstein was found unresponsive within his cell at the MCC New York. The interview was recorded, and the recording has been transcribed. The interview transcript and documents discussed with Noel during 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 Noel conducted on June 22, 2021 2. OIG Warnings and Assurances Form signed by Noel dated June 22, 2021 3. OIG Advisory to Union Representative Form dated June 22, 2021 4. MCC New York FY 2019 Annual Training Schedule 5. MCC New York FY 2019 Annual Training Sign-In Sheet 6. MCC New York Quarterly SHU Training Sign-In Sheet from June 2019 7. Tova Noel Training History 8. MCC New York SHU Suicide Prevention Training Sign-In Sheet and Slides from 2019 9. MCC New York SHU Suicide Prevention Training Slides 10. Email from Darlene Imeri dated July 30, 2019 11. MCC New York Daily Assignment Roster from August 9, 2019 12. MCC New York Daily Assignment Roster from August 10, 2019 13. Tova Noel Daily Assignments 14. MCC New York SHU 30 Minute Round Sheet from August 9, 2019 15. MCC New York SHU 30 Minute Round Sheet from 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 IG and is loaned to your agency:. it and its contents are not to be distributed outside of your agency EFTA00118860 16. MCC New York Count documentation from August 17. MCC New York Count documentation from August 18. MCC New York Count documentation from August 19. MCC New York Count documentation from August 20. MCC New York Count documentation from August 21. MCC New York SHU Map 22. Pictures of Epstein's MCC New York cell 23. MCC New York Post Orders 24. MCC New York Post Orders regarding Counts 9, 2019, at 4 p.m. 9, 2019, at 10 p.m. 10, 2019, at 12 a.m. 10, 2019, at 3 a.m. 10, 2019, at 5 a.m. Memorandum of Investigation Case Number: 2019010614 Page 2 EFTA00118861

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