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1 2 3 4 DIGITALLY RECORDED 5 SWORN STATEMENT 6 OF 7 8 9 OIG CASE #: 10 2019-010614 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 19 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 20 DECEMBER 2, 2021 21 22 23 24 25 RESOLUTE DOCUMENTATION SERVICES 28632 Roadside Drive, Suite 285 Agoura Hills, CA 91301 Phone: EFTA00127205 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 APPEARANCES: 2 3 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 4 BY: 5 BY: 6 7 8 WITNESS: 9 10 11 12 OTHER APPEARANCES: 13 NONE 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 EFTA00127206 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 3 1 MR. : All right. The recorder 2 is on. There is also going to be - I'm just 3 going to go over, like, a list of - it's kind 4 of, like, an introduction, and just kind of a 5 preamble into what we are going to be 6 discussing, and who you are. It's going to 7 sound very scripted, and that's because it 8 pretty much is. But you are there still. 9 Correct? 10 MS. : Yes. Mm-hmm. 11 MR. : Perfect. All right. So, 12 my name is and I am a Senior 13 Special Agent with the U.S. Department of 14 Justice, Office of the Inspector General. New 15 York Field Office. Boston Area Office. This 16 interview with Federal Bureau of Prisons 17 Associate Warden - did I say that 18 correctly? 19 MS. : Yes. Correct. Mm-hmm. 20 MR. : Is being conducted as 21 part of an official U.S. Department of Justice, 22 Office of the Inspector General, or DOJ/OIG, 23 investigation. Today's date is December 2nd, 24 2021, and the time is 10:34 a.m. This 25 interview is being conducted by telephone. I EFTA00127207 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 4 1 contacted you, Ms. by telephone number 2 (870) 494-4200, extension 4209. Also present 3 4 5 6 by telephone is DOJ/OIG Special Agent . This interview will be recorded by me, SSA . Could everyone please identify themselves for the record, and 7 spell your last name? To start, again, I am 8 DOJ/OIG Senior Special Agent 9 And my last name is spelled can you just state your name and 11 spell your name for the recorder? 12 : Yes. I am DOJ/OIG Special 13 Agent Last name is spelled II ■ 15 MR. : And Ms. 16 MS. : My name is 17 Associate warden. Last name is spelled E-D-G- 18 E. 19 MR. : Great. Thank you very 20 much. This is an official DOJ/OIG 21 investigation into the death of inmate Jeffrey 22 Epstein and the surrounding circumstances, and 23 you are being asked to voluntarily provide 24 answers to our questions. Will you agree to 25 the interview with the DOJ/OIG? EFTA00127208 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 MS. : Yes. I do. 2 MR. : Perfect. And were you 3 able to review the voluntary interview form 4 that I sent to you via email, the DOJ/OIG form 5 11I-226/2? 6 MS. : Yes, I was. Yes, I did. 7 MR. : Perfect. And thank you 8 for sending it back to me a few minutes ago. I 9 see that you signed and dated it. 10 MS. : Mm-hmm. 11 MR. : And do you understand the 12 OIG form? 13 MS. : Yes, I do. 14 MR. : Perfect. And just, I'm 15 going to just going to read it for the record, 16 so that that's something that we have to do. 17 It says, United States Department of Justice, 18 Office of the Inspector General, Warnings and 19 Assurances to Employee Requested to Provide 20 Information on a Voluntary Basis. It says, 21 "You are being asked to provide information as 22 part of an investigation being conducted by the 23 Office of the Inspector General. This 24 investigation is being conducted pursuant to 25 the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended. EFTA00127209 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 6 1 This investigation pertains job performance 2 failure and security failure. This is a 3 voluntary interview. Accordingly, you do not 4 have to answer questions. No disciplinary 5 action will be taken against you if you choose 6 not to answer questions. Any statements you 7 furnish may be used as evidence in any future 8 criminal proceedings, or agency disciplinary 9 proceedings, or both." And there is a waiver 10 section. It says, "I understand the Warnings 11 and Assurances stated above, and I am willing 12 to make statements and answer questions. No 13 promises or threats have been made to me, and 14 no pressure or coercion of any kind has been 15 used against me." And I see that you signed 16 your signature. You printed your name, 17 And you dated and time 18 12/02/21, at 9:00 a.m. So, I assume that is 19 the time that you reviewed the form? 20 MS. : Yes. 21 MR. : Perfect. And that is 22 your signature on this form? 23 MS. : Yes, it is. 24 MR. : Awesome. And is there 25 any questions you have with regard to the EFTA00127210 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 interview, or this form? 2 MS. : No. I don't. 3 MR. : Awesome. So, I will be 4 signing my name as the Special Agent. And 5 then, I will print my name under that as the 6 Special Agent. , do you mind - since this 7 is a telephone interview, you're not present - 8 do you mind if I sign for you, and place that 9 it was me that signed for you, and print your 10 name as the witness? 11 : I don't mind. 12 MR. : Perfect. All right. So, 13 I will sign for you, and then print your name, 14 and I will add the telephone number that we 15 are, as the place. Great. Let me get back to 16 this. Before starting the interview, I would 17 like to place you under oath. Ms. , can 18 you please raise your right hand? Do you swear 19 to tell the truth and nothing but the truth 20 during this interview? 21 MS. : Yes, I do. 22 MR. : Perfect. Thank you. And 23 then, because we are not in person, I'm just 24 going to have to ask you a couple questions to 25 verify your identity. What is your current EFTA00127211 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 2 home address? MS. 4 MR. : Thank you. And what is 5 your date of birth? 6 MS. 7 MR. : And what is your social 8 security number? 9 MS. : Do I have to give it? 10 MR. : You can give me your last 11 four, if that's okay. 12 MS. : Okay. The last four. 13 MR. : Perfect. Thank you. And 14 how long have you worked for the BOP? 15 MS. : For 21 years. 16 MR. : Do you remember, 17 approximately, when your enter on duty date 18 was? 19 MS. : Yes. September 10 of 2000. 20 MR. : Perfect. And what is 21 your current position with the BOP? 22 MS. : I'm an Associate Warden. 23 MR. : And where is that? 24 MS. : I'm stationed at FCC Forrest 25 City in Forrest City, Arkansas. EFTA00127212 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 MR. : And how long have you 2 held that position? 3 MS. : I've been - well, I've been at 4 this present duty station since officially 5 September, but physically here in October. Bu- 6 I've been an associate warden for, prior to 7 that. 8 MR. : Okay. So, you've been 9 basically you were remote in September, and 10 then physically present in October of this 11 current year, 2021? 12 MS. : Correct. 13 MR. : Perfect. And you - I'm 14 sorry - you said you've been an associate 15 warden since when? 16 MS. : I've been an associate warden 17 since - we're in 2021 - I think 2017. 18 MR. : Since 2017? 19 MS. : Uh-huh. 20 MR. : Okay. Great. And what 21 are your duties and responsibilities as an 22 associate warden? 23 MS. : As an associate warden, I 24 provide advice and counsel to the warden, and I 25 have oversight of specific disciplines as EFTA00127213 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 decided by the warden. 2 MR. : Okay. 3 MS. : And I made decisions on policy, 4 and security (Indiscernible *00:06:34) concerns 5 of the institution. 6 MR. : Okay. And were you ever 7 interviewed by either the DOJ/OIG or FBI 8 regarding the Epstein matter? 9 MS. : No. I was not. 10 MR. : Okay. So, this is the 11 first time? 12 MS. : Yes. 13 MR. : Okay. Great. And are 14 you familiar with inmate Jeffrey Epstein, who 15 was housed within the MCC in July and August 16 2019, until his death on August 10th, 2019? 17 MS. : Yes. 18 MR. : And what was your 19 involvement with the matter? 20 MS. : Well, I have limited 21 involvement. I arrived at MCC New York July 22 4th, I believe, of 2019. And Epstein expired 23 August 10th, I believe. So, I actually, I saw 24 him, like, when he was in the visiting room. 25 And I was part of - there has been some EFTA00127214 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 11 1 meetings, exec staff meetings. But as far as 2 extensive contact, or extensive involvement, 3 really nothing extensive due to my short time 4 being at the institution. 5 MR. : Okay. So, you did arrive 6 on July 4th? So, I guess you were there, then, 7 the entire time during his stay, though. 8 Correct? 9 MS. : Well, not the entire -. I 10 don't know when he arrived. So, I believe it 11 wasn't the entire time. But it was -. I think 12 he arrived some time in June, if I'm not 13 mistaken. I don't recall. 14 MR. : He arrived in July. 15 Right around the same time. So -- 16 MS. : In July? 17 MR. : -- there might be, like, 18 a day or two difference, but yeah, it was -- 19 MS. : Okay. 20 MR. : -- it was July and August 21 was when he was there. 22 MS. : Okay. Yeah. 23 MR. : Awesome. So, if you were 24 there in July, I'm just going to briefly touch 25 on the July 23rd, 2019 incident. Do you recall EFTA00127215 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 an incident involving Jeffrey Epstein and 2 inmate Tartaglione on July 23rd, 2019? 3 MS. : When you say an incident, what 4 do you mean? 5 MR. : So, there was an incident 6 that happened in the SHU, where Tartaglione was 7 Epstein's celimate, and Epstein was removed 8 from the SHU and placed on suicide watch, and 9 then psychological observation. Are you 10 familiar with that? 11 MS. : Oh, yes. I'm familiar with it. 12 MR. : And what is your 13 understanding of what transpired? 14 MS. : My understanding is that 15 Tartaglione, I believe he requested, or he 16 called somehow for assistance because I believe 17 he indicated that Epstein was trying to commit 18 suicide. 19 MR. : Okay. And do you know by 20 what manner Epstein was attempting to commit 21 suicide? 22 MS. : I believe he was trying to, by 23 use of either strings, or some kind of 24 clothing, or something as a ligature. 25 MR. : Okay. And is it your EFTA00127216 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 13 1 understanding that Epstein attempted to harm 2 himself? 3 MS. : Yes. That was my 4 understanding. 5 MR. : And did you hear anything 6 with regard to Tartaglione attempting to harm 7 Epstein? 8 MS. : I know there was, there was 9 speculation, not from Epstein, but there was 10 speculation that, perhaps, you know, there 11 could have been something involved, but 12 Epstein, I believe, made statements that his 13 cellmate did not try to harm him, as well as 14 Tartaglione himself indicated that he did not 15 try to harm him. 16 MR. : Okay. So, your belief is 17 that they are, they were not correct 18 statements, and then in fact it was Epstein 19 that attempted to harm himself, and not 20 Tartaglione? 21 MS. : That is correct. 22 MR. : Okay. And did you have 23 any involvement with selecting Tartaglione as 24 Epstein's cellmate? 25 MS. : No. I did not. EFTA00127217 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 MR. : And do you know how 2 Tartaglione was selected to be Epstein's 3 cellmate? 4 MS. : I don't know. I don't, I don't 5 know exactly how he was selected. I do know, 6 after the fact, it was indicated that, because 7 he was former law enforcement, and he didn't 8 seem like he, I guess he didn't - he didn't 9 have anything that, it didn't appear that he 10 would hurt Epstein, that he was suitable to be 11 Epstein's cellmate. But I don't know exactly 12 what the vetting process was for that decision. 13 MR. : Okay. And do you believe 14 that Tartaglione was an appropriate choice for 15 a cellmate? 16 MS. : I'm not going to speculate 17 about that. I do know, at the time that he was 18 a cellmate, that he did not try to harm him. 19 Epstein never voiced any concerns about - that 20 I am aware of - about Tartaglione being his 21 cellmate. But as far as looking at 22 Tartaglione's charges, or anything to see if he 23 had any risk factors that would indicate that 24 he would harm Epstein, that would be 25 speculation after the fact. So, that, I don't EFTA00127218 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 15 1 believe I'm in a position to make that decision 2 at this time. 3 MR. : Sure. Okay. And then, 4 what is your understanding of, after this 5 incident occurred, where was Epstein placed? 6 MS. : He was placed on suicide watch, 7 is my understanding. 8 MR. : Okay. Great. And that 9 was immediately following, or on July 23rd, 10 2019. Do you have any involvement with Epstein 11 while he was on suicide watch? And then, 12 psychological observation? 13 MS. : No. 14 MR. : And where is that 15 conducted? Or where was that conducted? 16 MS. : Where, in the suicide watch 17 cells, you mean? 18 MR. : Correct. Where would 19 have he been housed at the time? 20 MS. : Oh, yeah. The suicide watch 21 cells are on the, they are on the second -. 22 They are on the second floor. On the same 23 floor as the health services department. So, 24 around the corner, and it's down the hall from 25 psychology. From the psychology department EFTA00127219 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 16 1 themselves. 2 MR. : Great. And where was the 3 SHU located in the MCC? 4 MS. : The Special Housing Unit is 5 located on the ninth floor. 6 MR. : Great. And while Epstein 7 was on suicide watch, and then psychological 8 observation, do you know if he was allowed any 9 visits, specifically any attorney visits, or 10 anything like that? 11 MS. : I do believe that he was 12 allowed to see his attorney. 13 MR. : And do you know if he did 14 see his attorney while he was on psychological 15 observation? 16 MS. : I don't know for certain if, 17 like, watch was - if it was the same day, but 18 am not for certain, 100 percent certain, but I 19 do believe that it did occur. It did occur. I 20 know he was He saw his attorneys very 21 often. Almost daily. And I don't believe that 22 there was any break in visits. So, I would, 23 would say that it probably did happen on the 24 same day that he was on suicide watch. 25 MR. : And how would that work? EFTA00127220 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 17 1 If someone is on suicide watch, and then 2 psychological observation, how would they meet 3 with their attorneys? 4 MS. : Typically, if someone is on 5 suicide watch, they do not have visits, and 6 they don't - because they're on watch - they 7 would be under constant, whether it was an 8 inmate companion, or a staff watch. So, 9 typically, a person on suicide watch would not 10 have visits. So, if a visit did happen during 11 suicide watch, I would gather that that person 12 will still be under the same observation 13 protocol. Obviously, another inmate would not 14 be able to watch them because of the privacy 15 factor with the visit, but I would, I would 16 assume that a staff member would be present. 17 MR. : Okay. Now, would they be 18 present on that second floor suicide watch 19 area, psychological observation area? Or would 20 that be conducted in the attorney visit rooms 21 of the MCC? 22 MS. : So, again, typically, visits 23 don't happen when a person is on suicide watch. 24 And because of the placement where suicide 25 watch is, there is no visits that happen in EFTA00127221 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 18 1 that area. So, all of the attorney conference 2 visits, they happen in the attorney conference 3 area, which is on the third floor. So, any 4 visit, attorney related, would happen on the 5 third floor, in the attorney conference area. 6 MR. : And to make sure I'm 7 understanding you correctly. So, that means 8 you believe that when Epstein was on 9 psychological observation or suicide watch, he 10 would have been, then, transported to that 11 third floor visiting area where he would 12 conduct his visits with his attorney? His 13 attorneys. 14 MS. : That is correct. 15 MR. : Okay. Now, were there 16 any specific - and oh, sorry, before I move on, 17 I guess I should say. So, that is not typical, 18 though? That would have been, like, a kind of 19 something that was a special circumstance for 20 Epstein? 21 MS. : Yeah. Yeah. That is not 22 typical. 23 MR. : Okay. And do you know if 24 there is any prohibition up against that, or 25 not? EFTA00127222 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 19 1 MS. : I know There are 2 guidelines, I believe, that when a person is on 3 suicide watch, that is where they would remain 4 under constant supervision, and there would be 5 no visits. 6 MR. : Okay. So, I am assuming 7 that answer would be, then, yes, there are 8 prohibitions? 9 MS. : When you say prohibitions, you 10 mean that the agency has guidelines in place 11 that says absolutely not? 12 MR. : Yeah. So, I guess what 13 I'm asking is, should Epstein have been 14 visiting with his attorneys while he was on 15 suicide watch, or psychological observation? 16 MS. : If there was a determination, 17 which I am not aware of, that deemed that it 18 would be okay or appropriate, as far as a 19 psychologist, or someone from the psychology 20 department, indicating that it would be okay, 21 then that would be, you know, that would be a 22 consent. 23 MR. : Sure. 24 MS. : But other than that, I don't 25 believe anyone else would make that EFTA00127223 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 determination to say that he would then be 2 taken off of suicide watch, and then placed in 3 the attorney conference area. 4 MR. : Okay. Great. So, I take 5 it, then, is it that MCC psychology department, 6 are they the ones who determined that Epstein 7 should be on suicide watch, and then 8 psychological observation? 9 MS. : Well, anyone can actually place 10 someone on suicide watch, if that person voices 11 - and when I say "anyone," for instance, if I 12 call, a psychologist is not there after hours, 13 someone voices an intent to harm themselves, 14 the lieutenant can make that decision to place 15 the person on suicide watch. But psychology 16 typically is the one that would determine 17 whether someone is taken off of suicide watch 18 because they would have to do a suicide risk 19 assessment, and any other clinical assessment. 20 So, placing someone on suicide watch 21 again - depending on the time, it can be 22 psychology, or it can be a correctional 23 services staff member. And then, the removal 24 would be someone from psychology, to say that 25 this person is not deemed suicidal, or, you EFTA00127224 LIMITED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 OFFICIAL USE know, they are safe to be in general population. MR. : Okay. And then, but it would also - and correct me if I'm wrong - but it did sound like you said that it would have been psychology's decision to allow Epstein to visit with his attorneys while he was on suicide watch or psychological observation? MS. : No. I don't know if that was what actually occurred. But to remove someone from suicide watch, that would be a psychology decision. MR. : So, when you say "remove someone," do you mean, like, just for those hours that he was visiting, or are you talking about when he was removed and placed back in the SHU? MS. : Typically, when you remove someone, it's not for an hour or two. It's typically, you are saying that that person poses no more risk to themselves, so they are off. Basically, they are going back to general population. So, I am not aware of any situation where you remove a person for an hour or two, or for a short timeframe, and then EFTA00127225 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 place them back. 2 MR. : Sure. So, that is kind 3 of I guess what I'm asking is, who makes the 4 determinations? Because you said that your 5 understanding was that he did conduct his 6 attorney visits during that time period that he 7 was on suicide watch. 8 MS. : Mm-hmm. 9 MR. : Or psychological 10 observation. So, who made the, you know, who 11 had the authority to allow him to conduct those 12 attorney visits? 13 MS. : Yes. I don't know. Again, I 14 don't know who made the ultimate decision for 15 that to happen. But I know the process for 16 removal of suicide watch, and what that process 17 entails. And that is why I'm saying, to remove 18 someone off of suicide watch, it would have to 19 be someone in psychology, to say that that is 20 appropriate. But in this instance, I don't 21 know, I don't know if that was communicated. 22 If that actually occurred. So, I hope, 23 hopefully that answers the question. 24 MR. : Sure. Yeah. 25 MS. : But (Indiscernible *00:19:29). EFTA00127226 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 23 1 MR. : We can move on to the 2 SHU, then, when he got removed. So, do you 3 know if there were any specific instructions, 4 by either you, the warden, or other MCC 5 executive staff, with regard to Epstein being 6 placed back in the SHU from psychological 7 observation? 8 MS. : When he was - you are saying 9 when he was removed? 10 MR. : So, when a determination 11 was made that he - for Epstein to be removed, 12 which was on or about July 30th, 2019. 13 MS. : Mm-hmm. 14 MR. : Were there any specific 15 instructions provided by you, the warden, or 16 other MCC executive staff, with regard to 17 Epstein being placed back in the SHU? 18 MS. : Well, I didn't, I didn't have 19 any specific direction, or instructions to a 20 particular staff member. But I do, I do know 21 that there was a determination made, and who 22 exactly made that determination, typically, 23 when you - high-profile individuals, and you 24 are saying to place them in Special Housing for 25 their care, it is typically the CEO, the EFTA00127227 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 warden, in consultation with correctional 2 services, because it falls under custody care 3 and control. And so, that decision was made to 4 place him in Special Housing. 5 MR. : Okay. Do you know, did 6 you, MCC executive staff, or anyone, including 7 the warden, receive any calls, or was anyone 8 contacted by lawyers, or a judge, asking for 9 Epstein to be removed from suicide watch or 10 psychological observation? 11 MS. : That, I am not aware of any 12 communication about that. 13 MR. : Okay. And just to circle 14 back. Were you, or executive staff, involved 15 with any decisions to have Epstein removed from 16 suicide watch or psychological observation? 17 MS. : Say that one more time. Say 18 that one more time. 19 MR. : So, that actually having 20 him removed. So, back on July, you know, 30th, 21 when he was removed. Would yourself or 22 executive staff, would you have been a part of 23 the process of actually taking him off of 24 suicide watch or psychological observation? 25 MS. : No. EFTA00127228 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 MR. : So, that is solely a 2 psychology decision? 3 MS. : Yeah. Because they are the 4 subject matter experts, and again, and whether 5 someone is off of suicide, or displaying 6 suicide risk factors, typically, it is a 7 psychology thing, to remove the individual. 8 MR. : Okay. And that, that's 9 not in consultation with MCC executive staff? 10 MS. : No. To remove someone from 11 suicide watch? No. 12 MR. : Okay. Now, it is our 13 understanding that, after Epstein was placed 14 back in the SHU, or the Special Housing Unit, 15 psychology recommended that Epstein be housed 16 with a cellmate. Do you know if that is 17 accurate? 18 MS. : That, I do know that is 19 accurate. 20 MR. : You do know that it is 21 accurate? 22 MS. : Yes. That, I do believe that 23 that was - Mm-hmm - that is accurate. That it 24 was indicated that he should have a cellmate. 25 MR. : Okay. And do you know EFTA00127229 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 26 1 how that information was disseminated within 2 MCC? 3 MS. : And again, there was several, 4 you know, there was meetings, and I don't know 5 what particular meeting it occurred, but I do 6 recall, during one of the meetings, that it was 7 indicated. I don't know if it was during close 8 out, or open up, that it was important that he 9 did have a cellmate. 10 MR. : Okay. So, it was an 11 actual requirement that Epstein have a cellmate 12 while he was assigned to the SHU? 13 MS. : Yes. 14 MR. : Okay. And do you know 15 who made -? Do you know who he was celled 16 with? Do you know what the name of his 17 cellmate was when he came back off of suicide 18 watch, on July 30th, 2019? 19 MS. : Oh, who was his cellmate? i 20 don't know if it was I don't know what the 21 (Indiscernible *00:23:19). But I do know, at 22 one point, he had a cellmate named - the last 23 name was Reyes. And the first name was Efrain. 24 E-F-R-A-I-N. But I don't recall if that was 25 his consistent cellmate. But I do recall, EFTA00127230 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 besides Tartaglione, Reyes was another 2 cellmate. 3 MR. : And thank you. I have 4 actually been saying Efrain. So, it's Efrain? 5 MS. : That's what I think you 6 pronounce it as. It could be my New York 7 accent, but I'm saying Efrain. 8 MR. : Okay. Hey. That's - _ 9 guess -. Yeah. I'm looking at it, and it's -. 10 I'm going to start saying Efrain now. 11 MS. : Mm-hmm. 12 MR. : Do you know who made the 13 decision that Reyes would be Epstein's 14 cellmate? 15 MS. : That, I am not aware of. I 16 don't know if it was an actual, like, meeting, 17 as far as a placement decision. So, I don't 18 know if it was actually a vetting process, to 19 determine who should be the cellmate. I know 20 it was indicated that he should have a 21 cellmate. But what that process was, to get to 22 Reyes, I am not aware of it. 23 MR. : Okay. So, that means 24 that you were not involved with that decision? 25 MS. : No. EFTA00127231 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 28 1 MR. : Okay. And did you work 2 at the MCC on August 9th - which was a Friday - 3 or August 10th - which was a Saturday - that he 4 was found in 2019? 5 MS. : Well, I worked on Friday. My 6 work hours, because of my position, I work 7 Monday through Friday, 7:30 to 4:00. But I did 8 report to the institution the morning of, when 9 I received the call indicating that I needed to 10 report to the institution on that day that 11 Epstein was found. 12 MR. : Okay. So, on Friday, 13 August 9th, you worked from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 14 p.m.? 15 MS. : Correct. 16 MR. : And then, on August 10th 17 - so, you did depart at 4:00 p.m. - and then 18 you returned after Epstein was found on August 19 10th? 20 MS. : And then, I returned back to 21 the institution -. Okay. I'm trying to 22 remember what -. I received a call around 23 maybe 8:00 or something. I received a call, 24 and then, I arrived at the institution maybe 25 around 9:00 or so. EFTA00127232 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 MR. : Okay. 9:00 a.m.? 2 MS. : Mm-hmm. 3 MR. : Okay. So, since Epstein 4 was required to have a cellmate, who was 5 ultimately responsible to make sure that all 6 SHU staff were aware of his cellmate 7 requirement? 8 MS. : Oh. Okay. And because - I'm 9 just going to say this - because it's Special 10 Housing, Special Housing is governed under 11 correctional services. It would be the captain 12 is typically in charge of correctional 13 services. And there is a SHU lieutenant that 14 is assigned to the Special Housing on a daily 15 basis. That that is that person's daily 16 assignment. And they are responsible for 17 ensuring that everything is in compliance in 18 Special Housing. And so, there should be some 19 communication, if then, like I said, psychology 20 made a decision that he had to have a cellmate. 21 Everyone was aware of it, but that, like, 22 verbal communication, or insurance, it should 23 have happened in the correctional services. 24 The captain. The lieutenant. And then, that 25 information communicated down to the staff that EFTA00127233 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 actually work in the Special Housing Unit. 2 MR. : Okay. And do you know, 3 at the time, in August 9th and 10th, who the 4 captain at the MCC was? 5 MS. : It was 6 MR. : Okay. And do you know 7 who the SHU lieutenant at the time was? 8 MS. : That, I am not aware of. That, 9 I am not aware of. 10 MR. : Does Lieutenant 11 sound familiar to you? 12 MS. : I know Lieutenant . But I 13 don't know if that was his post at that 14 quarter. 15 MR. : Okay. 16 MS. : I am not sure. 17 MR. : Okay. So, that was his 18 post for the quarter. So, ultimately, the 19 information should have come from Captain 20 and SHU Lieutenant They should 21 have provided to the SHU staff that Epstein was 22 required to have a cellmate at all times? 23 MS. : Mm-hmm. 24 MR. : Okay. And that is a yes? 25 MS. : Yes. That is a yes. EFTA00127234 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 31 1 MR. : Okay. Great. And how 2 should have they communicated that? Should 3 have that been verbally, in writing? How 4 should have they made sure everyone knew? 5 MS. : Now, to ensure that, you could 6 have a record of it if you put it in an email. 7 That's blatant, and that can never be 8 contradicted. You could also have verbal 9 notification, in addition to written 10 notification. So, that it could be both. 11 Honestly. It could be both. But if you have 12 it in - you have something that, a bulletin or 13 some kind of an email that went out, that's 14 definitely, you know, something that - that's a 15 record. That's a permanent record. 16 MR. : So, it sounds -- 17 MS. (Indiscernible *00:28:24) 18 MR. : -- like you're saying, it 19 really should have been both verbal and in 20 writing, but writing would basically make sure 21 that you are, it's documented? 22 MS. : Correct. 23 MR. : Is that a correct 24 understanding? 25 MS. : That is a correct EFTA00127235 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 understanding. 2 MR. : Okay. 3 MS. : And in addition to that, I do 4 know that the SHU staff did know that he should 5 have had a cellmate. 6 MR. : You do know that they 7 knew that? 8 MS. : I do know that the SHU staff 9 knew that. Mm-hmm. 10 MR. : And how do you know that? 11 MS. : Because the staff are required 12 to make weekly rounds, and I don't -. Now, 13 because of, after the - excuse me - after the 14 fact, you know, he was kind of, like, you are 15 playing a - I'm just trying to recall the facts 16 - but I do recall instances of making rounds in 17 the Special Housing, where staff, it was said, 18 make sure that he had a cellmate, and when we 19 make rounds, that that was - I can - I verbally 20 heard folks say it myself. 21 MR. : And do you remember who 22 was engaged in those conversations, or who you 23 know specifically that knew? 24 MS. : That, I can't recall, because 25 in Special Housing, there is, like, four -. EFTA00127236 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 33 1 There is -. You have the SHU number one, SHU 2 number two, the three, and the four. So, you 3 at least have four staff, and you have staff 4 that are SHU rec staff. So, there is several 5 staff assigned to the Special Housing Unit. 6 So, and at that -. So, I can't say with 7 certainty who was engaging in a conversation. 8 And then, like I said, and then you have the 9 SHU lieutenant. So, it was several folks that 10 were assigned to the Special Housing. And 11 again, I don't know specifically who said what, 12 but I do know that it was known because I 13 verbally, I heard it, it was audible. I heard 14 it. 15 MR. : While you were in the 16 SHU? 17 MS. : While I was in the SHU. 18 MR. : And do you know around 19 what time of day that would have been? 20 MS. : No. 21 MR. : No? 22 MS. : Hmm-mm. 23 MR. : And did you hear it more 24 than one time? 25 MS. : Yes. Mm-hmm. EFTA00127237 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 34 1 MR. : So, it was something that 2 you had heard on multiple occasions? 3 MS. : Mm-hmm. 4 MR. : Okay. 5 MS. : Mm-hmm. 6 MR. : And is that something 7 that, because you were engaged in a 8 conversation, or you just overheard people 9 saying it? 10 MS. : I wasn't engaging in the 11 conversation about Epstein per se, but just in 12 a conversation about what was going on in SHU, 13 while making rounds. 14 MR. : Okay. 15 MS. : So, you discuss -. So, 16 typically, when you make SHU rounds, you can do 17 both. You can have, like, a SHU roster that 18 kind of lists all of the inmates that are 19 housed in the SHU. You can, like, look at the 20 board to see who has cellmates. So, sometimes, 21 the conversation is prompted from multiple 22 things, or sometimes inmates stop you at the 23 door, and ask questions, and then you talk 24 about who it is that asked you questions. So, 25 I'm just saying, because of all those EFTA00127238 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 35 1 instances, I don't know why it was said about 2 that particular thing, but that was, that was 3 just one of some comments during that day. 4 MR. : But it was a comment 5 specific -- 6 MS. : Yeah. 7 MR. : -- to Epstein's cellmate. 8 Correct? 9 MS. : Yes. Exactly. 10 MR. : Okay. And do you know if 11 there were any plan -. Or sorry. Before I 12 move on, I guess I should specifically ask you. 13 So, you mentioned there was SHU one, two, 14 three, four, but Epstein was found when, you 15 know, during the overnight, I guess the morning 16 watch, which is, you know, I think midnight to 17 8:00 a.m. 18 MS. : Mm-hmm. 19 MR. : He was found at 20 approximately 6:33 a.m. on August 10th, and 21 then, at that time, there were only two SHU 22 staff in there. 23 MS. : Mm-hmm. 24 MR. : Specifically, a 25 and a . Do you know those two EFTA00127239 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 staff members? 2 MS. : I know of them. 3 MR. : Do you know if either of 4 those two specific staff members were aware of 5 Epstein's cellmate requirement? 6 MS. : No. I don't -. That, I don't 7 know because they are assigned to work other 8 departments, and they were working overtime. 9 But what I do know - because I also, when i 10 first started working in the Bureau, I was a 11 correctional officer - I do know that you 12 should engage in conversation with whomever it 13 is that you are relieving, to find out, is 14 there any special precautions, or you pass on 15 your equipment, you talk about what your base 16 count is. So, there, there should be some 17 communication between you and the staff member 18 that you are relieving. 19 MR. : Now, do you believe, if 20 the person's quarterly assignment was the SHU, 21 they would have known, and should have known? 22 MS. : Yeah. Yes. 23 MR. : Okay. So, if you know 24 that Tova Nova was actually assigned to the SHU 25 for that quarterly post, does that change EFTA00127240 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 anything for you? 2 MS. : Hmm. Well, you said 3 Was she an officer, or she was -- 4 MR. : She was an officer. 5 MS. was she -? 6 MR. : But she was assigned -- 7 MS. : Okay. 8 MR. : -- as her quarterly -- 9 MS. : Mm-hmm. 10 MR. : -- post was in the SHU. 11 12 MS. : Okay. 13 MR. : -- was on overtime, 14 working in the SHU. He was a materials 15 handler. 16 MS. : Okay. 17 MR. : But was 18 actually -- 19 MS. : Okay. 20 MR. : -- assigned to the SHU. 21 MS. : Okay. Well then, she should 22 have known. And then, she - and again, I 23 didn't delve into that - she was on overtime, 24 but was she responding to what shift? Like, 25 evening watch? Was that her permanent EFTA00127241 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 38 1 assignment? 2 MR. : I would have to check if 3 that was her -- 4 MS. : Okay. 5 MR. : -- she may have been, you 6 know, you might, you may be right. 7 MS. : Mm-hmm. 8 MR. : She may have been working 9 overtime in the SHU, but she was, in fact, 10 assigned to the SHU -- 11 MS. : Okay. 12 MR. : -- for that quarter. 13 MS. : Then she should have known. 14 MR. : And do you believe 15 MS. : She should have. 16 MR. : -- that there is any 17 excuse for her to say that she didn't know? 18 MS. : I can't see how, if that is 19 your post for the quarter, that you would not 20 know, because you have to make decisions based 21 on, like, recreation. You have to do rounds. 22 You have to actually physically walk down the 23 range. There are name tags on the door. There 24 is the hot list. There is information that 25 psychology, at times, even sends out to SHU EFTA00127242 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 39 1 staff, indicating these inmates are on the hot 2 list, or these are some important factors about 3 specific inmates. 4 So, there is, there is information, and 5 there is things that you are required to do, as 6 part of your assignment in SHU, that you would 7 have to know who can even go in recreation, in 8 the recreation cage, with whom. It's because 9 of separation. So, there is information that 10 you have to be able to, you have to know, in 11 order for you to make safe decisions during 12 your eight hours of having oversight over the 13 inmates. 14 MR. : So - great - so, you 15 touched on the hot list. Can you just very 16 briefly explain what the hot list is? 17 MS. : Well, the hot list is, it's, 18 like a list that kind of, that psychology puts 19 together, and it has information about, at 20 times, who is on suicide alert, or of any kind 21 of risk factors, or something that requires 22 special care for just specific inmates. So, it 23 is, your base count, or the SHU can help maybe 24 have the capacity to hold maybe 80 inmates, 25 right? And if - not everyone is on the hot EFTA00127243 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 list. 2 MR. : Okay. 3 MS. : So, again, the hot list is just 4 specifically designed to highlight specific 5 inmates, and what is needed, or something 6 special about that specific inmate. 7 MR. : So, if an inmate comes 8 off of suicide watch, or psychological 9 observation, and is placed in the SHU, would he 10 be - he or she, yeah - would he be listed on 11 the hot list? 12 MS. : I don't know if that would be 13 on the hot list, but I know that that should be 14 - that is something that would probably be on 15 the SHU roster, or the SHU report. 16 MR. : Okay. 17 MS. : The SHU report, it lists all of 18 the inmates. It has pictures of all of the 19 inmates. And it also sections for health 20 services, for psychology, for correctional 21 services, and for unit teams. And in those 22 comment sections, they typically will say this 23 inmate may need a cellmate. This inmate is on 24 the hot list. This inmate should be kept away 25 from inmate X, Y, and Z. It provides specific EFTA00127244 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 41 1 information. So, even if it was not on the hot 2 list, it probably would also be on the SHU 3 report, which is BOPWARE. That's an electronic 4 report that you can pull from a program, a BOP 5 program. 6 MR. : Okay. Now, do you know, 7 though, if Epstein specifically was on the hot 8 list in August of 2019? 9 MS. : You know what? I don't know 10 that. 11 MR. : Okay. So, if he was, 12 though, would it have listed that he was 13 required to have a cellmate? 14 MS. : I'm trying to think if that 15 information would be on the hot list. I'm not 16 sure if that information would be on the hot 17 list. 18 MR. : But it would be on this 19 other report that you were just speaking of, 20 that's in BOPWARE? 21 MS. : I was - mm-hmm - that should, 22 that is something that would be important, that 23 psychology would definitely put on there. 24 MR. : And would be - 25 would have she had been required to review that EFTA00127245 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 42 1 list, and see that Epstein was required to have 2 a cellmate? 3 MS. : Well, you are not required to 4 review the list, but in order to know what's 5 going on with the inmate, I mean, you have to 6 have a SHU roster. You would have to know 7 what's going on with the inmates. 8 MR. : So -- 9 MS. : So -. 10 MR. : -- so, she should have 11 reviewed the list, is what you are saying? 12 MS. : If you want to know what's 13 going on with the inmates, I would say that you 14 would review your SHU report. 15 MR. : Is there any other ways 16 that , being that it was her quarterly 17 post, would have and should have known that 18 Epstein was required to have a cellmate? 19 MS. : I do also know that we have 20 TruScope. So, there is also an electronic 21 program called TruScope, and psychology lists 22 things, and that psych, it's called a 23 psychology advisory list. And so, again, there 24 is multiple electronic formats. And paper 25 formats and things that information is listed. EFTA00127246 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 MR. : Okay. 2 MS. : So -. 3 MR. : And do you know, were 4 there any plans made on how to address the 5 situation if Reyes was removed as Epstein's 6 cellmate? 7 MS. : I do - hmm - I don't recall 8 there being a meeting to say specifically if 9 Reyes was removed, but -. So, I can't say that 10 there was a meeting that I am aware of, to talk 11 about. 12 MR. : So, being that Epstein 13 was -- 14 MS. : Actually, (Indiscernible 15 *00:39:13). 16 MR. : -- so, being that Epstein 17 was required to have a cellmate, and being that 18 MCC is, you know, a jail versus a prison, where 19 prisoners are constantly moved in and out. 20 MS. : Mm-hmm. 21 MR. : Was there anything in 22 place to address that situation, if Epstein is 23 required to have a cellmate, his cellmate is 24 then removed. What should have happened? 25 MS. : I don't recall of a EFTA00127247 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 44 1 conversation specific to that. But I do know, 2 as part of, not just Epstein, but any inmate, 3 if they are required to have cellmates, if you 4 are doing your rounds, and the cellmate is not 5 in there, it could be because that cellmate is 6 inside of the recreation cage, but if it is a 7 prolonged thing -- 8 MR. : Mm-hmm. 9 MS. : -- that is something that 10 should be brought to the attention of, 11 obviously, your first line supervisor first, 12 and then that supervisor would then call, 13 depending on if it is after hours, they can 14 call the on-call psychologist, or if it during 15 duty hours, you call - then the lieutenant 16 would then contact someone in psychology. 17 MR. : Okay. So, the supervisor 18 19 MS. : Mm-hmm. 20 MR. : -- you're saying is the 21 SHU lieutenant. So, SHU staff should have 22 notified the SHU lieutenant? 23 MS. : Yes. 24 MR. : Now, what -- 25 MS. : Mm-hmm. EFTA00127248 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 45 1 MR. : -- what about if the SHU 2 lieutenant is off? So, on the 9th, Lieutenant 3 is off that day. There is no SHU 4 lieutenant. What should have happened with SHU 5 staff? Who should have they contacted? 6 MS. : There is always a lieutenant. 7 So, even if , who is the SHU lieutenant, is 8 not physically there, there is always a 9 lieutenant in the building, 24 hours. 10 MR. : Sure. 11 MS. : That person is -. So, there is 12 the management official, after hours. And so, 13 when there is any kind of emergency, or an 14 inmate situation that rises to the level of 15 contact, there is a management official there. 16 And they have received calls. And they then 17 call the captain, and then, the captain can 18 determine whether or not he wants some, you 19 know, to increase the level and call the AW, 20 but there is always a lieutenant in the 21 institution. 22 MR. : Okay. And so, they 23 should have contacted one of the lieutenants, 24 and you are referring to the two lieutenants 25 that are usually there during the day. Can you EFTA00127249 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 46 1 refresh my memory of what the two are called? 2 MS. : One is the operations, and one 3 is the activities lieutenant. 4 MR. : Right. So, is there one 5 or the other that the SHU staff, during the 6 day, should have called? 7 MS. : Well, during the day, now, 8 okay, Monday through Friday, during the day, 9 there is the SHU lieutenant. 10 MR. : No. I'm saying on the 11 9th -- 12 MS. : After -. 13 MR. : -- with the fact that the 14 SHU lieutenant is not there. 15 MS. : That you can call, you can 16 either call the activities or operations. 17 MR. : So, it is either or. 18 There is not -- 19 MS. : But one -- 20 MR. : -- one or the other? 21 MS. : -- hey, you can call Hmm- 22 mm. You can call either or. 23 MR. : Okay. Great. And do you 24 know what happened to inmate Reyes on August 25 9th, 2019? EFTA00127250 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 47 1 MS. : I know, I know because of after 2 the fact, that he was, I believe he was bonded, 3 or somehow, he was released from court. He was 4 at court, and he never came back because of 5 either a bond, receiving a bond or a bail. 6 MR. : Okay. So, your 7 understanding is that he actually went to 8 court, and then was released? 9 MS. : Yes. That is my understanding. 10 MR. : And where did you receive 11 that information? 12 MS. : That is after the fact. After, 13 you know, trying to gather what happened, and 14 to his cellmate. And so, if the information 15 was not, I was not aware of the information on 16 the day. It's because of this incident that 17 am aware of the information. 18 MR. : Okay. So, and that is 19 your belief to this day? 20 MS. : Yes. That is my belief to this 21 day. 22 MR. : Okay. And what does WAB 23 mean? 24 MS. : Oh, that means With All 25 Belongings. EFTA00127251 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 MR. : So, if a person is 2 transported down to Receiving and Discharge, 3 with the status WAB next to their name -- 4 MS. : Mm-hmm. 5 MR. : -- what does that mean is 6 happening? 7 MS. : That means that the inmate is 8 leaving, and he's not coming back. 9 MR. : So, it does mean that 10 they are actually - that that is known as that 11 inmate is not coming back to the MCC? 12 MS. : Correct. 13 MR. : And what is -- 14 MS. : Mm-hmm. 15 MR. : -- what is the document 16 that would say WAB on it? 17 MS. : Normally, there is a court 18 roster that lets the unit officer know that the 19 inmate is leaving. So, you would know who to 20 send down to R&D. And typically, it has an 21 approximate time. And/or, sometimes R&D may 22 then call up to the specific location, or the 23 housing unit, to say, send inmate so and so 24 down with all belongings. 25 MR. : Okay. So, but there is EFTA00127252 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 a, it sounds like a court list, or a 2 production, an inmate production list that is 3 created by R&D? 4 MS. : That is correct. 5 MR. : And that is what would 6 say -? That is how -? What staff members 7 would utilize in order to produce the inmates 8 to R&D? 9 MS. : That is - yeah - that is my 10 understanding. 11 MR. : And what happens with 12 that document? Like, so, the staff members 13 utilize it, then where does the document go? 14 Is it saved somewhere, like BOPWARE, or 15 TruScope, or is it something that they print 16 out, and then they destroy, or do they keep it? 17 MS. : Well, I know that R&D 18 definitely should have a copy of the court 19 roster. They should. Now, as far as what the 20 housing unit would do with it, I would believe 21 that they probably would shred it because it 22 serves no purpose to that specific housing 23 unit. But R&D would maintain copies of the 24 court roster. 25 MR. : Now, if R&D is saying EFTA00127253 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 50 1 that they actually don't keep a copy, it's like 2 a template that they revise every day, based 3 upon what inmates need to be produced. So, 4 they actually don't have any records from past, 5 you know, production lists. Does that sound 6 accurate to you? 7 MS. : Hmm. From my understanding, I 8 would think that a copy would be maintained. 9 And that there would also possibly be a 10 logbook. Because I - again - at the time, I'm, 11 you know, an associate warden, but, and I never 12 specifically worked in Receiving and Discharge. 13 But from my understanding of being in Receiving 14 and Discharge, and from our early, my early 15 years of being a correctional officer, I am 16 aware of, like, if a receipt is being 17 maintained, because someone keys in inmates in, 18 and keys inmates out in Sentry. And there, at 19 times, control even annotates things in their 20 daily, their daily log. 21 MR. : Yeah. 22 MS. : So, of, like, of movement. 23 Depending on the control room officer, that 24 officer may even take the time to list the 25 names, to actually write out names and register EFTA00127254 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 numbers. Or they just might write out the 2 numerical value of how many inmates departed 3 for court, versus how many departed, like, with 4 all belongings. Because that means that the 5 inmate is not returning, and he would 6 definitely have to be taken off your base 7 count, in order to get an accurate count. 8 MR. : Okay. So, and I know 9 we're not in person, so I'm going to have to 10 just explain to you what I'm looking at. i 11 have two emails that were sent to the MCC. One 12 was to - both from the U.S. Marshals Service - 13 one was to just Receiving and Discharge 14 personnel, and another one was sent, it looks 15 like to, like to a large amount of custody 16 personnel, including lieutenants, it looks like 17 Tijuana , who I believe was the SIS 18 lieutenant. It looks like , who was an AW, is on there. As well as 20 a number of other people. Quite a large number 21 of people. I do not see your name on here. 22 But it does say the subject, "Prisoner 23 Production 8/9/2019," the date is Thursday, 24 August 8th, 2019, at 3:36 p.m. 25 MS. : Mm-hmm. EFTA00127255 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 MR. : Now, within the 2 attachments, it shows NYM 8/9/2019. Do you 3 know what that would stand for? 4 MS. : You said NYM 8/9? 5 MR. : Yeah. So, N-Y-M. 6 MS. : Mm-hmm. 7 MR. : Yeah. And then, when you 8 open it up, it just says - it's the U.S. 9 Marshals report - and it says, "Prisoners 10 Schedule Report." It says -- 11 MS. : Mm-hmm. 12 MR. : -- MCC New York. 13 MS. : Mm-hmm. 14 MR. : Do you know if that would 15 be who was being produced to the U.S. Marshals 16 the following day? 17 MS. : Yeah. That is what it is. 18 It's a court list. 19 MR. : Okay. 20 MS. : Yeah. Basically, it's a court 21 list. 22 MR. : Okay. So, when I open 23 this up, on the first page there, it starts 24 with two inmates. The second inmate down, it 25 says, "Reyes, Efrain." Or Efrain. E-F-R-A-I- EFTA00127256 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 N. 2 MS. Mm-hmm. 3 MR. : It shows a date of birth. 4 A time. A time. The time says 8:53, and then, 5 it says, 8/9/2019. Underneath production 6 reason, it says, "TF," and the description 7 says, "Transfer within." And then -- 8 MS. : Mm-hmm. 9 MR. : -- it says, "MCC New 10 York." And then, it does say, next to that, 11 typed court. Now, under that, it says, "Judge. 12 MCC TOT GEO." Do you know what that would 13 stand for? 14 MS. : No. I'm not. Hmm-mm. 15 MR. : So, the MCC to GEO. You 16 wouldn't understand that that -- 17 MS. : Oh. 18 MR. -: -- meant -? 19 MS. : Oh. GEO. MCC to GEO. That 20 means that GEO is a private prison. 21 MR. : Correct. 22 MS. : So, I would think that GEO, 23 that's, like - yeah - that's a mnemonic for a 24 private prison. 25 MR. : Okay. And then, when it EFTA00127257 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 says, "Destination description," it says, 2 "WAB/MED summary." Does that tell you 3 anything? 4 MS. : Yeah. Well, WAB. WAB means 5 With All Belongings. Now, /MED summary means 6 medical summary. So, when I'm first hearing 7 you say WAB, that lets me know that the person 8 is leaving. That means with all belongings. 9 So, typically, when someone is scheduled for 10 transfer, you have the time to pack them out, 11 and so, they would come down, you know, prior 12 to the date. But with WAB, that means that the 13 person is leaving that day, and then they 14 should come down with all of their belongings. 15 Everything that they have because for whatever 16 reason, they're not coming back, they're going 17 somewhere else. 18 MR. : Right. So -- 19 MS. : And then -. 20 MR. : -- so, it looks like -- 21 MS. : Mm-hmm. 22 MR. : -- these first two 23 people, the first two people both say, 24 "Transfer within." Both of them say MCC to 25 GEO. And then -- EFTA00127258 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 MS. : Mm-hmm. 2 MR. : -- they both say WAB, 3 with the destination in the description. Now, 4 the other inmates that are listed on here, they 5 have various things -- 6 MS. : Mm-hmm. 7 MR. : -- from the reason being 8 status hearing, to sentencing, to a change of 9 plea, to all things that look like they are 10 court related, but would you believe that these 11 first two, since it would say, "Transfer Within 12 MCC to GEO," and WAB, that means that they are 13 actually being transferred and not going to 14 court? 15 MS. : Yeah. I would - if I had an 16 opportunity to see that - I would understand 17 that that means that, exactly what you said, 18 that they are transferring. 19 MR. : Okay. 20 MS. : Somewhere other than -. 21 MR. : So, being that the MCC 22 was sent, actually, the one that was sent to 23 Receiving and Discharge was much earlier in the 24 day. But the one that was sent to the custody 25 was on August 8th, 2019 at 3:36 p.m. What EFTA00127259 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 56 1 should have been known from that information? 2 MS. : That those inmates listed for 3 departing and were not coming back. 4 MR. : Okay. 5 MS. : Yeah. 6 MR. : So then, it was known by 7 the MCC, at least, or at least should have been 8 known by the MCC, that on August 8th, 2019, 9 that Reyes, who happens to be Epstein's 10 cellmate, was actually transferring from the 11 MCC to another institution. And specifically, 12 to GEO. 13 MS. : That part is accurate. The 14 only thing that is not included in that is, if 15 it was sent to R&D, and R&D may not have known 16 that Reyes was Epstein's cellmate. So, it may 17 not have alerted them that Reyes was 18 (Indiscernible *00:52:03) for them to then have 19 to discuss, to say, oh, he's not, you know, it 20 wouldn't have rang alarms for whomever that R&D 21 staff member was. 22 MR. : Right. And that's why 23 focused on the email to custody, because all of 24 custody, including all the lieutenants -- 25 MS. : Yeah. EFTA00127260 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 57 1 MR. : -- as well as Shirley, or 2 AW , and Captain 3 were actually sent -- 4 MS. : Yeah. That -- 5 MR. : -- that email. 6 MS. okay. Then that is - yeah 7 that is different. That is different. 8 MR. : So, the fact that custody 9 received it, is there someone that should have 10 been alerted to the fact, or reviewed that 11 document, to know, huh, we got these two 12 inmates, one of them is Epstein's cellmate. 13 You know, we now know that Reyes is leaving 14 from the institution. Is there someone that 15 should have been responsible for catching that? 16 MS. : The one thing I will say is 17 that, unless you are actually looking at the 18 court production list, to vet it, a person may 19 have just seen that as another court production 20 list. If it wasn't actually read, to see, you 21 know, for - to determine, okay, this inmate is 22 leaving, and who is he associated with? 23 MR. : Absolutely. 24 MS. : So -- 25 MR. : And that's kind of - and EFTA00127261 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 I apologize if I 2 MS. : -- no. 3 MR. : I apologize if I 4 wasn't clear. What I'm saying is -- 5 MS. : Mm-hmm. 6 MR. : -- should someone have 7 reviewed it? Is there someone that should have 8 - being that it was sent to all these people in 9 custody - is there someone that really should 10 have looked at it -- 11 MS. : Mm-hmm. 12 MR. : -- as opposed to could 13 have looked at it? 14 MS. : Yeah. No. That's not 15 necessarily the responsibility of custody to 16 view -. There is -. I will say this. There 17 is no procedures in place, or their 18 responsibility that exists, that would say that 19 custody had to review a court production list. 20 Typically, they don't -. They may have 21 received a list as a courtesy. But okay. It's 22 a courtesy. It wasn't necessarily something 23 that they may or may not have to have some, you 24 know, to do something with the list. It's not 25 EFTA00127262 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 MR. : Okay. 2 MS. : -- it's just a courtesy. It's 3 nothing more than that. 4 MR. : Okay. Now, I have an 5 email here, it's from you to 6 Do you know who that is? 7 MS. . Yes. He was 8 the former warden. 9 MR. : Okay. Great. And the 10 subject, it says, "Epstein, Jeffrey Edward," 11 and then it gives his reg number. It was sent 12 Saturday, August 10th, 2019, at 4:35 p.m., and 13 in the body of the message, it says, "So far, 14 this is the documentation I have in my 15 possession." And it's signed your name, 16 Associate Warden, MCC New York." 17 So, do you recall if you were tasked with 18 obtaining documentation on Warden 19 behalf? 20 MS. : He didn't specifically task me 21 with anything. I just know that, when 22 something happens, that part of your 23 responsibility as an AW is to try to gather 24 documents. Now, I didn't have a specific 25 responsibility of securing the scenes. If EFTA00127263 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 60 1 that's correctional services, and that is what 2 they do. But I, certain things, I just 3 inherently, or instinctively, knew that I 4 should try to assist with. But I wasn't given, 5 you know, the instruction that Warden 6 did, relayed to me was to report to the 7 institution because of, you know, the death. 8 And from that, I already knew, or in my head, 9 on the way there was planning of what I wanted 10 - one of the things that I needed to do to 11 assist with the matter. 12 MR. : Okay. So, you 13 independently took this task on, to collect all 14 these documents? 15 MS. : I did. 16 MR. : Okay. 17 MS. : I must admit I did. 18 MR. : Okay. Great. So, I have 19 the document opened that you provided to him. 20 It's an attachment to your email saying what it 21 was that you collected. 22 MS. : Mm-hmm. 23 MR. : It starts with, 24 "Documentation re: Epstein, Jeffrey -- 25 MS. : Mm-hmm. EFTA00127264 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 MR. : -- Jeffrey Edward, 2 Deceased." And then, it talks about Sentry 3 reports. Like, the PPE-44, or PPE-37, and all 4 the way down to a PR-15. And then, it talks 5 about BOPWARE, label, administrative detention 6 order. And then, a few down, which is directly 7 in the middle of the first page, or slightly 8 below the middle, it shows, "Court 9 documentation regarding WAB." And this is 10 under -- 11 MS. : Okay. 12 MS. : -- under the heading, 13 "Documentation -- 14 MS. : Okay. 15 MR. : -- re: Efrain, Reyes. 16 Reg number 85993-054." And then, it says, 17 "Cellmate." It says, "Court documentation 18 regarding WAB, 8/9/19." Do you know what court 19 documentation is you were referring to? 20 MS. : Well, it had to be the court 21 list, then. Is it the same thing that -? Are 22 you able to open the attachment? 23 MR. : That is the attachment. 24 So, it doesn't -. You didn't include in that 25 email the electronic versions of this. You EFTA00127265 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 said, this is what I have collected. 2 MS. : Oh. 3 MR. : And within it, it says -- 4 MS. : Okay. 5 MR. : -- "Court documentation 6 regarding WAB, 8/9/19," and specific to Efrain 7 Reyes. So, I am just wondering, what 8 MS. : Okay. 9 MR. : -- what document were you 10 referring to? 11 MS. : What document? It had to -. 12 Hmm. I don't know. Unless I'm able to 13 actually look at my email. But if you are 14 saying WAB, that means I had to have seen 15 something -- 16 MR. : If you are actually 17 MS. : -- that says that -. 18 MR. if you are in front of 19 your email, you can find this. Just go to your 20 sent emails. 21 MS. : Yeah. I have to go - hold on. 22 That's what I'm doing - but I have to go in my 23 archives. 24 MR. : Right. 25 MS. : You know? EFTA00127266 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 MR. : Okay. So, yeah. 2 MS. : But when I open -- 3 MR. : This might help refresh 4 your memory, so we can actually, you can 5 actually look at what it is that I am talking 6 about. 7 MS. : Okay. 8 MR. : So -- 9 MS. : Yeah. 10 MR. : -- again, it would be, it 11 will probably take a little while -- 12 MS. : Okay. 13 MR. : -- because it was a long 14 time ago. 15 MS. : Yeah. 16 MR. : But August 10th, 2019 -- 17 MS. : Mm-hmm. 18 MR. : -- and again, the email 19 was sent at exactly 4:35 p.m. 20 MS. : Okay. Give me one second, 21 because like I said, I have to go in the 22 archives. 23 MR. : Sure. 24 MS. : Okay. Okay. To 25 MR. : And did you happen to get EFTA00127267 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 to that email yet? 2 MS. : No. Hmm-mm. 3 MR. : Okay. 4 MS. : But the way that this -. Okay. 5 Hold on. Just wait. I got this. Okay. You 6 said -. Hmm. Not -. I'm doing an advanced 7 search. And because it's the archives, it's a 8 little slow. It's not -. It's not on my 9 present Google Drive. 10 MR. : Yeah. No. I understand. 11 Same thing when I look for my own emails. If 12 it's, like, more than six months to a year old 13 14 MS. : No. 15 MR. : =- it takes a while. 16 MS. : Okay. Now - okay - I'm in old 17 stuff now. Okay. You said 8/9, 8/10/19. Oh. 18 MR. : 11. 19 MS. : Okay. I'm in nine. That's why 20 I had to do with it. Okay. Okay. Okay. I 21 see. I see the Word attachment that is there. 22 Okay. 23 MR. : Okay. You did find the 24 email? 25 MS. : I - yes - I was able to find EFTA00127268 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 the email. 2 MR. : Great. 3 MS. : Mm-hmm. 4 MR. : So then, yeah. So, you 5 see where the Word attachment. Do you see, 6 again, middle of the page, where it says, 7 "Documentation, Re: Reyes, Efrain." 8 MS. : Yeah. 9 MR. : And that - yeah - that 10 first document is the one I was wondering 11 about. This court documentation regarding WAB, 12 8/9/19. 13 MS. : Mm-hmm. 14 MR. : And I'm just trying to 15 refresh, see if you can remember what document 16 you would have -- 17 MS. : What -- 18 MR. : -- been talking about. 19 MS. : -- what I could do is, hold on, 20 because I'm trying to -. I'm trying to over 21 document that I have. Okay. So, what -. Let 22 me first forward this to my present email, so I 23 won't lose it. And then, I'm going to go, 24 because I had a folder of documents that I did 25 maintain because of that, I kept receiving, EFTA00127269 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 66 1 like, inquiries after as to what documents I 2 had. And so, let me see what I -. See if I 3 have anything that shows that. Okay. Hold on. 4 I'm going to have go out Okay. So, I have 5 -. Okay. One thing I had, that I have a title 6 for Efrain was just, like, was his 7 (Indiscernible *01:04:43) and Sentry 8 information. Special Housing review. Okay. 9 That's not showing me the court date. R&D. 10 Okay. Hold on one second. Let me see which 11 drop file. No. The drop file. (Indiscernible 12 *01:05:16). Let me see. Man, I don't -. 13 That, as an attachment. I don't have that as 14 an attachment. I do -. I am able to look at 15 other things. But a court list. I don't have 16 that as a court list. I don't have the court 17 list. 18 MR. : Now, you're talking about 19 electronically, or are you referring to -- 20 MS. : Mm-hmm. 21 MR. : -- okay. 22 MS. : Yeah. Because I saw - there 23 were things that I saved. That's how I was 24 able to send them, you know, to other 25 individuals. Meaning, in the agency. When EFTA00127270 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 67 1 there was a request. But that, I don't see, 2 for whatever reason. I don't see that file. I 3 mean, I don't see that. 4 MR. : Now, it sounds like this 5 specifically was, they were documents that you 6 obtained physically. 7 MS. : Mm-hmm. 8 MR. : Do you know, do you still 9 have any of those documents? When you say you 10 kept the file -- 11 MS. : No. 12 MR. : -- are they hard copy -- 13 MS. : No. 14 MR. : -- files? 15 MS. : No. It's not a hard copy file. 16 Any hard copy files, they were turned over. 17 Items that I have were turned over. And then, 18 there was some things that were still in my 19 possession. I have the emails where it shows 20 who it is that I turned them over. It was 21 myself and Lieutenant that was actually 22 working together. She was assigned to SIS. 23 Working together to gather the documents. And 24 then, there was some documents that were turned 25 over to the FBI. And that could, in fact, have EFTA00127271 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 68 1 been one of the documents that was turned over 2 to the FBI. There should be a list of what was 3 turned over to them. 4 MR. : Okay. And do you know if 5 it was the FBI versus the OIG? 6 MS. : No. 7 MR. : You don't know who it 8 was? 9 MS. : I don't know because I - like I 10 said - any documents that Lieutenant 11 would have turned over, it should have been 12 There should be something, some kind of 13 document indicating what was turned over to 14 them. 15 MR. : And do you know -. So, 16 there should be some kind of a receipt with the 17 documents -- 18 MS. : There should be. 19 MR. : -- that were provided? 20 MS. : Yeah. Mm-hmm. 21 MR. : And that would be 22 something that Lieutenant would have? 23 MS. : If she, in fact, turned those 24 documents over, she worked in SIS. 25 MR. : Okay. So, it wouldn't -. EFTA00127272 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 You didn't turn it over to the FBI. She -- 2 MS. : No. Yeah. I didn't have any 3 contact with the FBI agents directly. At all. 4 MR. : Okay. And then, as far 5 as - what is your understanding of what it 6 means, though, when it says, "Court 7 documentation regarding WAB." Do you know what 8 court -- 9 MS. : That was -- 10 MR. : -- documentation you 11 would be referring to? 12 MS. that was (Indiscernible 13 *01:08:04). I don't know specifically, but 14 obviously, it would have to have been something 15 that said for, in order for me to write WAB, 16 without being able to look at it right now, it 17 obviously had to be something that said WAB on 18 it, and listed that inmate's name. Other than 19 that, I would not have wrote that. 20 MR. : And do you think that 21 that would have been that Receiving and 22 Discharge document that the SHU staff would 23 have utilized when they transported Reyes to 24 R&D? 25 MS. : It wouldn't have been his - EFTA00127273 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 70 1 that document from SHU. Because I didn't even, 2 I didn't go to SHU that day. So -- 3 MR. : Sorry. But -- 4 MS. (Indiscernible *01:08:42). 5 MR. : -- the court production 6 list that, I'm just saying that, because my 7 understanding is, R&D, you know, prints out all 8 the same court production lists, and they 9 provide it to the different housing units, and 10 to the ops lieutenant, and to, you know, the 11 different various people that need to be in the 12 know with who is being produced. So, that is 13 all -- 14 MS. : Mm-hmm. 15 MR. : -- all I'm saying, is, 16 like -- 17 MS. : Uh-huh. 18 MR. : -- would it be the -- 19 MS. : A copy of it. You're saying a 20 copy. It could have -. It had to be a copy of 21 something. But I don't know if it was, if it 22 was the court production list, or some kind of 23 Sentry roster. That, because you could print a 24 Sentry roster also, that shows, like you said, 25 everybody, you know, movement. So, it had to EFTA00127274 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 71 1 be a copy of something listing information as 2 to who was going out of the institution on that 3 particular day. 4 MR. : Okay. 5 MS. : That is the only thing I could 6 have - that I could surmise why I would have 7 wrote WAB. 8 MR. : Okay. Can I ask you just 9 to see if, you know, after the interview, if 10 you can, if you can track that down by any 11 means? Or if you may -. I don't know if you 12 can coordinate with Lieutenant - can ask 13 Lieutenant , as well - but if you could 14 just see if you, in fact, did make a copy, or 15 you know what you did with this document, or 16 figure out what that document was. And I don't 17 know how you would do that. So, I don't, you 18 know -- 19 MS. : Yeah. 20 MR. : -- you might not be able 21 to, but just, if you could just check. 22 MS. : Mm-hmm. That means all of 23 them, the documents that I listed, those things 24 were turned over. But okay. I will even look 25 at all of my emails I saved. Well, what I - EFTA00127275 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 whom I turned things over to, or what I've 2 turned, what I turned over. 3 MR. : That would be great. 4 Specifically, we would be very interested in 5 that court documentation regarding, you know, 6 Reyes. 7 MS. : Mm-hmm. 8 MR. : And is it surprising to 9 you now, though, since again, like, you thought 10 that he was at court, and then released on, you 11 know, released from there, but now that you see 12 that you actually wrote, "Court documentation 13 regarding WAS," is that surprising? 14 MS. : Well, I won't say it's -. I 15 won't use the word "surprising." But it would 16 jog my memory to say, okay, you - like I Said - 17 if he left on WAB, I have something that says 18 WAB, that is what it was. WAB. But did I know 19 at the time, or was I in the know? No. This 20 is after the fact. 21 MR. : Right, right, right. No. 22 I'm just saying the, you know, it seems like a 23 lot of people seemed to think that he was, you 24 know, sent to court and released, whereas, you 25 know, as we just discussed, he was actually EFTA00127276 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 73 1 transferred. So, I was just wondering if that 2 surprised you to find out that, oh, wow, I 3 actually did know he was WAB after the, you 4 know, on -- 5 MS. : Yeah, well -- 6 MR. : -- August 10th. 7 MS. : -- yeah, that part, because 8 that is, like you said, that has been, that has 9 been the discussion all along, that Reyes went 10 to court, and he was released from court. So, 11 I'm hoping that my information is accurate, but 12 typically, when you - because it's now, it 13 seems like, it conflicts, obviously, with what 14 everyone's recollection is - but typically, 15 when you see WAB, that means With All 16 Belongings, that the person is leaving, they 17 are transferring. Now, how the whole court got 18 into play, maybe, I don't know. And I don't 19 want to speculate, because it is just going to, 20 you know, further confuse everything. 21 MR. : Okay. Yeah. No. I 22 think we've definitely cleared up the fact that 23 he was WAB, and he transferred, just upon the 24 emails that we, you know, I talked to you about 25 with the U.S. Marshals Service, as well as this EFTA00127277 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 74 1 one. But I was just, you know, for you being 2 that you are the one who gathered that 3 document, I'm just hoping that we can figure 4 out where that document went, because 5 MS. : Sure. 6 MR. : -- you know, it's really 7 the R&D document, and I'm hoping that that's 8 what it is, that we can track down, is whatever 9 they -- 10 MS. : Well -- 11 MR. : -- generated. 12 MS. : I want to clarify. It may 13 not be their specific document. If it's a 14 document that says WAB. 15 MR. : Absolutely. 16 MS. : It doesn't necessarily have to 17 be their, you know -- 18 MR. : No, no. Absolutely. I'm 19 just hoping that it is. And that we can track 20 it down -- 21 MS. : Okay. 22 MR. : -- is what I'm saying. 23 Like, I don't know what it is, because again, 24 it's not -- 25 MS. : Yeah. EFTA00127278 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 75 1 MR. : -- specific. But yeah, I 2 was just hoping that you would be able to, you 3 know, provide some clarification on that 4 document. 5 MS. : Yeah. 6 MR. : Now, just to back up a 7 little bit. Now, what was your responsibility, 8 like, the AWs are kind of split. Right? 9 There's two AWs, and one is in charge of one 10 thing, and another is in charge of another. 11 What - when you were at the MCC - what were you 12 in charge of on August 9th and 10th? 13 MS. : What? I was in - I had 14 oversight of correctional services. 15 MR. : Okay. So, you actually 16 did have oversight over this incident? 17 MS. : Mm-hmm. 18 MR. : And is that -- 19 MS. : Well -- 20 MR. : -- is that why you would 21 have -- 22 MS. : I think what -- 23 MR. : -- gathered all those 24 documents? 25 MS. : -- not specifically only EFTA00127279 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 76 1 because of that. But because I just know there 2 is an incident that happened, because I've been 3 an exec staff, and there is certain things that 4 you should gather. But it wasn't because I was 5 the AW of correctional services. Now, as an 6 AW, or someone in exec staff, you should just 7 know kind of what to gather anyway. 8 MR. : Okay. 9 MS. : What information to gather. 10 MR. : Okay. Great. And on 11 that note, would that have been something that 12 you would have gathered, specifically the R&D 13 court production list? 14 MS. : No. Hmm-mm. 15 MR. : No? 16 MS. : No. Mm-hmm. 17 MR. : But it's just something 18 that had -. Something that was court 19 production for Reyes with WAB, you just don't 20 know what it was. 21 MS. : I gathered all of the 22 information that I knew logically was 23 associated with Epstein. 24 MR. : Okay. 25 MS. : That was, it's just logical EFTA00127280 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 77 1 connections, if you wanted - if you know you 2 have an incident, and you know something 3 happened, in the Special Housing, and there is 4 only two inmates that are in the cell, you know 5 you are not only going to focus on, quote 6 unquote, "The victim." You have to then also 7 turn your attention to who was in the cell at 8 the time. So, to me, anything that I gathered, 9 as far as Sentry information for Epstein, or 10 his Special Housing Unit record, I gathered the 11 same for his cellmate because that's just a 12 logical thing to do. 13 MR. : Sure. And that is what 14 I'm asking for my question. Being that you 15 logically gathered these documents, and you can 16 see that you wrote the document, I'm asking, 17 like, can you recall what would be - what would 18 have been the logical document that you would 19 have gathered, that would have showed that he 20 was -- 21 MS. : Oh, I understand what you mean. 22 MR. : WAB? 23 MS. : Mm-hmm. I don't, I don't know 24 if I would have gone in R&D to see, or if I ran 25 - or if it was a Sentry roster, like, a log, a EFTA00127281 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 78 1 2 3 4 PP-37 log that showed something. But I don't thinking about it now - I honestly, I can't say that, because I do have other R&D documents, but I don't know if that was that R&D court 5 roster. 6 MR. : If you don't mind, and if 7 it's not too much trouble, can you just send me 8 an email with the documents that you do have, 9 and then I can go through them to figure out 10 what it is we have and don't have, and what we 11 need, and don't need? 12 MS. : Sure. 13 MR. : With regards to this 14 incident. 15 MS. : Okay. 16 MR. : You can just, like, and 17 not right now. After, after we're done. 18 MS. : Okay. Not right now. 19 MR. : Yeah, yeah. 20 MS. : Okay. 21 MR. : No, no, not right now. 22 MS. : Okay. Mm-hmm. 23 MR. : All right. So -- 24 MS. : And I will also look at other 25 emails that I sent out, because it's been, like EFTA00127282 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 79 1 I said, it's been, it's been several requests 2 to show what I had and what I didn't have. So, 3 any other emails, I will be more than happy to 4 share with you. 5 MR. : Yeah. If you can just, 6 if that's possible, just to forward me those 7 emails that you have provided -- 8 MS. : Mm-hmm. 9 MR. : -- that had documents 10 with regarding, with regard to the matter. 11 MS. : Mm-hmm. 12 MR. : That would be great. So, 13 being that you were the AW in charge of 14 custody, you would probably be perfect to 15 answer some of these questions. So, since 16 Epstein was required to have a cellmate, what 17 should have happened once the notification wa - 18 made that Reyes was being transferred? 19 MS. : He should have received another 20 cellmate. 21 MR. : And obviously, we 22 probably did just cover this, and just because 23 we got sidetracked, and you said that SHU 24 staff, once they found out that Reyes was 25 transferred, they should have notified, EFTA00127283 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 80 1 Lieutenant wasn't there, so they should 2 have notified either the activities lieutenant, 3 or the operations lieutenant. Is that what you 4 said? 5 MS. : I'm saying that someone of a 6 supervisory nature, yeah, should have been 7 notified. 8 MR. : But who was it that 9 should have notified them? Would it be the OIC 10 of the SHU? Would it be the person that 11 transferred Reyes to R&D? You know it, when I 12 say transferred, I mean escorted him to R&D. 13 Should it have been R&D themselves? Who should 14 have made the notification to the lieutenant? 15 MS. : And without me spinning the 16 tale, and pointing a finger, because lack of, 17 it didn't, it all depends. For instance, if 18 the SHU staff knew that Reyes - and that's why 19 it's just kind of, I don't know, a question 20 mark - if the SHU staff knew that Reyes was not 21 coming back, then that would mean that they 22 would know that he wasn't, he was not going to 23 have a cellmate. So, without knowing what 24 everybody knew, I 25 MR. : Okay. So, I'll -- EFTA00127284 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 81 1 MS. : -- (Indiscernible *01:17:59) 2 MR. -- fill you in on that. 3 MS. : Right. 4 MR. : So -- 5 MS. : Yeah. 6 MR. . Do you know 7 who Roberto is? 8 MS. : Yes. 9 MR. : So, he was the SHU OIC at 10 the time. He's the one who escorted Epstein to 11 attorney conference that morning. And -- 12 MS. : Mm-hmm. 13 MR. : -- at the same time, they 14 were jointly escorted with, I believe it was 15 Monge, but one of the, one of the SHU, one of 16 the internal staff who provided, produced Reyes 17 to R&D. They both did the -- 18 MS. : Mm-hmm. 19 MR. : -- they both escorted 20 their inmates together. And during their 21 conversation, it was discussed that Reyes was, 22 in fact, WAB, and -- 23 MS. : Okay. 24 MR. : -- would be getting a new 25 cellmate. EFTA00127285 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 MS. : Mm-hmm. 2 MR. : So, knowing that 3 was present, and there was an internal employee 4 that was present, and they both had this 5 discussion, and both said that they -- 6 MS. : Mm-hmm. 7 MR. : -- knew that he was WAB, 8 does that clue you in a little bit more of what 9 10 MS. : Yeah. 11 MR. : -- actions should have 12 taken at that time? 13 MS. : Yes. Either one of them should 14 Now, either one of them. So, you said 15 was was the OIC? 16 MR. -: was the OIC. He 17 was the one that was -- 18 MS. : Okay. 19 MR. : -- bringing Epstein, and 20 the conversation was had with both Epstein and 21 Reyes, saying, Reyes, we know you're leaving, 22 you're WAB. Epstein, you'll get a new cellmate 23 by the end of the day. 24 MS. : Now, as the OIC, 25 should have then contacted the lieutenant. EFTA00127286 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 83 1 MR. : Okay. So, being the AW 2 in charge of custody, do you believe that 3 MS. : Mm-hmm. 4 MR. : -- it was really 5 that should have made that notification? 6 MS. : Because as the OIC, that means 7 that you are, if you look at the post orders, 8 you are basically have oversight of SHU, for 9 lack of a better term. You should make sure 10 that the rounds are being conducted. If 11 inmates needs to be pulled out for whatever 12 reason. That the appropriate inmates are going 13 in their appropriate cages, so that, you know, 14 separate tees are adhered to. That inmates are 15 being fed. That sanitation is being conducted. 16 And if, and because you are now telling me 17 that this individual, whomever the individual 18 is, is saying that they were aware that Epstein 19 needed a cellmate, and that his cellmate was 20 leaving, they knew, so when you know something, 21 then you should, either you're going to - if 22 you didn't want to make the determination to 23 make another decision about who the cellmate 24 would be, then you need to contact your 25 supervisor. EFTA00127287 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 84 1 If you, yourself, can't make a decision, 2 you contact your supervisor who is authorized 3 to make that decision. But you must make the 4 contact in order for your supervisor to know. 5 And as an OIC, you are aware of who you can 6 contact. 7 MR. : Yeah. 8 MS. : That's plainly known that you 9 can contact the lieutenant when something is 10 going on, especially for something that, it's 11 not, it's the Special Housing Unit, that you 12 must be able to get a decision maker. 13 MR. : Okay. So, he should have 14 notified a lieutenant, is basically the long 15 and short of it? 16 MS. : Yes. Yes. The long and short 17 of it, he should have notified a lieutenant. 18 MR. : Okay. And are you aware 19 if - we are going to just touch on counts and 20 rounds that were conducted in the SHU - are you 21 aware if the SHU counts and rounds were not 22 conducted by the SHU staff on August 9th and 23 10th of 2019? 24 MS. : I was aware after the fact that 25 the staff members indicated that they did not EFTA00127288 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 make rounds. 2 MR. : And what did you become 3 aware of? Can you just give me a little bit 4 more clarity on that? 5 MS. : Well, I became aware of it just 6 like everybody else, you know, that the staff 7 members are saying that they didn't make 8 rounds. But was I aware of it on the day? No. 9 MR. : No, no, no. I'm sorry -- 10 MS. (Indiscernible *01:21:57). 11 MR. : -- so, what I mean is, 12 like, what did you became aware of? What staff 13 members, and what did you learn? 14 MS. : Oh. Oh, oh. Okay. The two 15 staff members that were assigned on the morning 16 watch shift, that they have said that they did 17 not make rounds. 18 MR. : And is that and 19 20 MS. : Yes. Those were the two staff 21 members that worked that shift. 22 MR. : And do you remember who 23 you learned that information from? 24 MS. : No. Hmm-mm. 25 MR. : Okay. Did either EFTA00127289 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 86 1 or say that that, you know, tell you that 2 information directly? 3 MS. : No. I didn't I haven't 4 even, from the day of the incident, I have not 5 laid eyes on either one of them. 6 MR. : Okay. 7 MS. : Besides on TV. So, I have not 8 spoken to either one of them. Well, no, and 9 I'm not going to say I haven't spoken to either 10 one of them. I did call to make welfare checks 11 on staff members, to see if they were okay, and 12 that was weeks after, because they haven't been 13 at work, and that's what we were told to do, to 14 call the staff members, just to say, you know, 15 if you're okay. Because they physically were 16 not in the institution. But as far as 17 discussing the incident, and what they did and 18 did not do, I did not engage in that. 19 MR. : Okay. And did you learn 20 anything, you know, during your time on this, 21 did you learn anything about the accuracy of 22 the MCC SHU counts and rounds on August 9th and 23 10th of 2019? 24 MS. : You said did I run anything as 25 far as the -. EFTA00127290 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 87 1 MR. : Did you learn if they 2 were accurate or not? Like, the counts that 3 they conducted, and the rounds they conducted. 4 Did you find out through your, you know, what 5 you were doing, did you learn if they were 6 accurate counts and accurate rounds? 7 MS. : The date, the date, you're 8 saying the date of when I was gathering the 9 information, or the documentation? 10 MR. : Or at any point. Did you 11 ever find out if the counts were either 12 accurate or not? And the rounds were accurate 13 or not. 14 MS. : Not specifically about the 15 counts and the rounds, but just like, like I 16 said, and like everybody else, of what has come 17 out, that they said that they did not do 18 counts. I mean, do rounds. 19 MR. : But had you heard 20 anything about, like, the counts being wrong? 21 Like, they're actually reporting the wrong 22 numbers, or anything like that? 23 MS. : In the SHU. I'm trying to 24 remember. I know that there was, there was 25 discussion about whether or not the count was EFTA00127291 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 88 1 done because, and I can't remember exactly what 2 happened to make that come up, but I know there 3 - we couldn't find certain count slips. And I 4 think somebody, and I can't remember if it was 5 Epstein, or Reyes, or somebody was not keyed 6 out. One of the inmates was not keyed out, and 7 if that, and my memory is serving me properly, 8 and the count should have been affected by -- 9 MR. : Right. And did -- 10 MS. : -- you know, inaccurate Sentry. 11 Inaccurate Sentry information. 12 MR. : -- okay. So, you are 13 aware of that then. Yeah. So, do you know, 14 it's, I think the inmate's name was Fernandes. 15 Does that ring a bell? Someone that 16 MS. : I -- 17 MR. : -- was found to have 18 been, passed contraband, and then, they were 19 removed from the SHU and placed in R&D holding 20 cell, but they were not actually keyed out of 21 the SHU? 22 MS. : No. I don't - hmm-mm - I don't 23 remember that specific. Hmm-mm. 24 MR. : Okay. But you remember 25 someone wasn't keyed out, which messed up the EFTA00127292 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 counts? 2 MS. : If you, it was something to 3 that effect. That there was somebody not keyed 4 out. I don't know if it was about SHU or about 5 the institution itself. But I know that there 6 was something about, there was some Sentry 7 inaccuracies that should have affected the 8 count. 9 MR. : Okay. And do you know if 10 that was documented anywhere, or you, you know, 11 provided information to anyone on that, that 12 you might be able to retrieve, to help, you 13 know, help us? 14 MS. : I'm going to try. 15 MR. : You know, you don't have 16 to do it now. 17 MS. : Yeah. 18 MR. : But this is another one 19 of those -- 20 MS. : Okay. 21 MR. : -- things that if -- 22 MS. : All right. 23 MR. : -- you can put that to 24 your -- 25 MS. : Let me do Fernandes. EFTA00127293 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 MR. : -- yeah. 2 MS. : Okay. 3 MR. : Yeah. So -- 4 MS. : Yeah. 5 MR. : -- if you can -- 6 MS. : Mm-hmm. 7 MR. : -- those two things. 8 One, whatever documents -- 9 MS. : What's his -? 10 MR. : -- (Indiscernible 11 *01:25:53). 12 MS. : What is Fernandes's register 13 number? 14 MR. : Let me pull that up. 15 That wasn't something I was going to touch on 16 with you, but since you brought it up, that's 17 the only reason I did. Let's see. All right. 18 And this one, I just have inmate Fernandes. 19 Let me -. Hold on. All right. So, it's 20 Leonardo. L-E-O-N-A-R-D-O. 21 MS. : Mm-hmm. 22 MR. : Fernandes. F-E-R-N-A-N- 23 D-E-S. 24 MS. : Mm-hmm. 25 MR. : Register number- EFTA00127294 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 2 MS. : Okay. And you said he was -. 3 MR. : And there is, you 4 actually have an -. Actually, what I pulled up 5 was an email from to both you 6 and So, and it talks 7 MS. : And it said, it talks about 8 that? 9 MR. : No. It talks about the 10 incident, where it just talks about, the date 11 was Friday, August 9th, 2019, at 3:52 p.m., and 12 it just says, "On August 9th, 2019, at 13 approximately 1:37 p.m., while conducting 14 routine duties, the 9 South visiting officer 15 observed a female visitor produce an unknown 16 object from her waistband and hand it to inmate 17 Fernandez." And then, it just talks about, you 18 know, a little bit more of it. But this is the 19 individual -- 20 MS. : Okay. 21 MR. : -- that was not keyed out 22 of the SHU. And he was placed in R&D -- 23 MS. : Okay. 24 MR. : -- the R&D holding cell, 25 which caused the count numbers to be EFTA00127295 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 92 1 inaccurately reported. Because the SHU staff 2 was still adding him on their count slips. 3 MS. : Yeah. Mm-hmm. Okay. Okay. 4 MR. : And does that -- 5 MS. : Okay. 6 MR. : -- does that -- 7 MS. : Okay. 8 MR. : -- does that refresh your 9 memory at all? 10 MS. : Hmm-mm. But you're saying, so, 11 but email doesn't talk about that. It 12 just talks about -- 13 MR. : No, no, no. 14 MS. : -- (Indiscernible *01:28:02). 15 MR. : It just talks about the 16 incident. 17 MS. : Okay. 18 MR. : It doesn't -- 19 MS. : Okay. 20 MR. : -- it doesn't talk about 21 the fact that it -. That's something that our 22 investigation has revealed. 23 MS. : Oh, okay. 24 MR. : Because we had to figure 25 out why are, you know, are the counts accurate EFTA00127296 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 or not, how do we find out if they -- 2 MS. : Mm-hmm. 3 MR. : -- actually conducted the 4 counts, or didn't conduct the counts. 5 MS. : Okay. 6 MR. : So, when we went through 7 everything, we found that there was some 8 discrepancies based upon what was on the 9 lieutenant's log versus what was on 10 institutional count, which was on the, you 11 know, count slips. There are different things. 12 And then, you know, looking through the 13 lieutenants log, we see that, on August 10th, 14 during the night, at around 12:30 a.m., it has 15 a note in there, saying that they keyed 16 Fernandez out of the SHU, or out of the SHU, 17 and into wherever, R&D. And that's how we were 18 able to figure out, okay, these count slips are 19 actually all off. 20 MS. : Oh. 21 MR. : They are saying that they 22 were counting this many bodies, whereas, in 23 fact, there was one less because he wasn't 24 there. 25 MS. : Okay. Yeah. That doesn't jog, EFTA00127297 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 94 1 that doesn't jog my memory for that, though. 2 MR. : Okay. 3 MS. : Yeah. 4 MR. : This is kind of the first 5 you're hearing of that, then? 6 MS. : Yeah. I don't, I don't -. If 7 for whatever reason, this is, I don't recall 8 anything about that. 9 MR. : There was something you 10 recalled about the counts being off, but it 11 wasn't that? 12 MS. : Yeah. But it wasn't that. 13 Hmm-mm. 14 MR. : But you did know that 15 someone wasn't keyed out? 16 MS. : I, perhaps out of the 17 institution, and again, if something came up 18 about the count, but I don't recall there being 19 - and because it's -- 20 MR. : Well, I think -- 21 MS. : -- (Indiscernible *01:29:35) 22 MR. : -- well, there was a 23 question that - and maybe this is something 24 that the warden asked you - but Ray Ormond, who 25 I'm assuming you know - correct? - the regional EFTA00127298 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 director at the time. 2 MS. : Yeah. Mm-hmm. 3 MR. : He sent an email to 4 Warden , on the, I believe the 10th, 5 asking, "Why are the counts off? Why does one 6 say 72, and one say 73?" Maybe. 7 MS. : For Special Housing? 8 MR. : For Special Housing. 9 Correct. So, maybe -- 10 MS. : Mm-hmm. 11 MR. : -- that's where they 12 asked you. Do you recall? 13 MS. : And you said, when did, that 14 happened on the day of 8/10? 15 MS. : Yeah. That would have been 16 Ray, Mr. Ormond asking on 8/10 because 17 18 MS. : Mm-hmm. 19 MR. : -- he was provided all 20 the count documentation, and asking him -- 21 MS. : Mm-hmm. 22 MR. : -- why are these counts - 23 ? Why did the count - oh, no. He said, "Why 24 did the count change?" That's what it was. 25 MS. : Okay. EFTA00127299 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 96 1 MR. : He was, like, from the 2 10:00 p.m. 3 MS. : That's probably -- 4 MR. : -- count to midnight, it 5 changed from 73 down to 72, and our 6 investigation has revealed it's because this 7 person was never keyed out of the SHU -- 8 MS. : Mm-hmm. 9 MR. : -- until -- 10 MS. : That is maybe that is what 11 prompted it, but like I said, I knew something 12 happened with the count, and from that, I - 13 myself and Lieutenant were trying to 14 gather the count slips, and it should be a 30- 15 day file maintained in control, and we were not 16 able to find the count slips. So, I didn't 17 know it. Well, now that you're telling me, I 18 didn't know it was because of that. And there 19 is some things that I was in the know about, 20 that I - or I wasn't - but I knew it had 21 something to do, like, is that with the counts, 22 and we were told to get some of the count 23 slips. 24 MR. : Okay. But just, you 25 don't have anything to add to that. This is EFTA00127300 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 all kind of -- 2 MS. : Mm-hmm. 3 MR. : -- more new information 4 for you? 5 MS. : Yes. Mm-hmm. 6 MR. : Okay. We can move on, 7 then. 8 MS. : Okay. 9 MR. : What is a lieutenant - or 10 sorry - a SHU lieutenant round? So, sorry. 11 So, when a lieutenant conducts a round in the 12 SHU, what should that consist of? 13 MS. : So, when you're the SHU 14 lieutenant, you -- 15 MR. : And I don't mean 16 specifically the SHU lieutenant. I said that 17 wrong. 18 MS. : Okay. 19 MR. : In the first. 20 MS. : Okay. 21 MR. : Just when a lieutenant, 22 whether it's an activities, a SHU lieutenant -- 23 MS. : Okay. 24 MR. : -- an activities 25 lieutenant, an operation lieutenant. When EFTA00127301 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 lieutenant goes to the SHU and conducts a 2 round, what should they be doing when they 3 conduct a round? 4 MS. : They should be walking around 5 and talking to the inmates. 6 MR. : So, is there, is the SHU 7 Is a lieutenant round the same thing as a 8 staff round, where you are supposed to go up 9 and actually check on the inmates? 10 MS. : Hmm. I'm not going to say it's 11 the exact same thing because the staff in SHU, 12 they actually have to record that they have 13 done rounds. And by them recording that, they 14 are indicating that they recorded timely 15 rounds, and that they actually are able to say 16 with certainty that they looked, you know, that 17 they verified that all the inmates are there, 18 and that they are alive. Versus a lieutenant, 19 what your responsibility is, you are just 20 making, you are generally making sure that you 21 go around and ensure that everything is okay. 22 But are you specifically and stopping at every 23 single cell? I wouldn't say necessarily that 24 that is exactly, but it mimics the same 25 requirement as the staff. EFTA00127302 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 MR. : Okay. So, if Reyes is 2 gone at 8:30, approximately 8:30 a.m. on August 3 9th -- 4 MS. : Mm-hmm. 5 MR. : -- and there is 6 obviously, I think there is supposed to be at 7 least, what? One lieutenant round conducted in 8 the SHU per shift? 9 MS. : Mm-hmm. 10 MR. : Is that -- 11 MS. : Mm-hmm. 12 MR. : -- is that correct? 13 MS. : Mm-hmm. 14 MR. : So, if there is an 15 activity, you know, the SHU lieutenant is out, 16 so there is an activities or an ops lieutenant 17 conducting a round, both the day shift and the 18 night shift, and then, the operations 19 lieutenant conducting one in the morning shift. 20 Should any of those lieutenants realized, when 21 they were doing their rounds, that Epstein, you 22 know, Reyes was gone, and/or Epstein was by 23 himself? 24 MS. : Yeah. If - now, that's a -. I 25 would say yes. I would say yes. EFTA00127303 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 100 1 MR. : And how should have they 2 known that? What should have the -. What 3 should have clued them in on the fact that 4 Reyes is gone, and Epstein is by himself? Or 5 if Epstein is in attorney conference, there is 6 just no one in the cell in general. 7 MS. : Well -- 8 MR. : Since they have names on 9 the door tags, like you said. 10 MS. : -- that's what I was going to - 11 yeah - that's what I was going to say. But the 12 names on the -. The names on the door tag. 13 When someone leaves, you should remove the door 14 tags, so then, in fact, there should have only 15 just been one tag on the door. You wouldn't 16 have, you wouldn't have two tags on the door if 17 there is only supposed to be one person in 18 there. So, the tag should have been removed. 19 And -. 20 MR. : Do you know if the tag 21 was removed for Reyes? 22 MS. : That, I don't know if Reyes' 23 tag was removed, because I didn't go in the 24 Special Housing Unit. So, I don't know