federal bureau of prisons complaint guide
https://www.bop.gov/policy/progstat/1330_018.pdf
a BP-8 is apparently an informal request for remedy of a problem which must be submitted to the prison by an inmate within 20 days of an incident.
a BP-9 is actually a BP-229, a (formal) “request for administrative remedy.”
The BP-9 form cannot be filed unless preceded by the filing of a BP-8 form by the inmate against the prison and/or prison officials.
If Epstein had a serious beef and was not intimidated by the prison personnel, he or his defense lawyer would therefore most likely have filed a BP-8 immediately after the July incident, followed by a BP-9. I am not a lawyer, but according to my informal understanding of administrative law, all administrative remedies must be pursued prior to filing a formal complaint against the prison in open court.
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Grievances filed by inmates in federal, state and county prisons & jails are generally treated with the seriousness they deserve. (/sarc)
Keep in mind the majority of inmates are mentally ill, mentally deficient and/or sociopaths and pathological liars.
Any sizable facility gets hundreds or thousands of these “Grievances” per month. Allegations of rape are taken much more seriously than in the past (as they should be); but, a lot of the rest of them are just garbage emitted by mental defects.
The previous Epstein incident (another alleged self-injury) is dated July 23, about 18 days before his death. So Epstein was two days away from being allowed to file a formal administrative BP-9 complaint if he had wanted to do that.
And if he had wanted to do that, hopefully his lawyer (Patrick Joyce) would have advised him to file an informal complaint immediately after the incident rather than delaying for any reason, if for no other reason than for his own safety.
According to an AP article quoted by snopes, Joyce had been meeting with Epstein every day up until yesterday. When he tried to meet with Epstein yesterday, he was told that the prison was on lockdown and therefore meeting with Epstein was not possible.
Joyce met with Epstein Friday evening, according to AP.
https://www.apnews.com/0d8615774e484255a23567b19d447fdd
Questions for Patrick Joyce: did Epstein file an informal complaint to the BOP for injuries sustained by Epstein on July 23 while in BOP custody? If not, why not? What did you (Joyce) advise Epstein regarding the filing of an informal complaint? If an informal complaint was filed, what was the BOP response? If the complaint was rejected, why was it rejected, and what was your subsequent advice to Epstein, and was his plan to take your advice? Did your advice include filing a BP-9 with the BOP? Have you spoken with Warden Skipper-Scott or her representative either before or after Epstein’s death, and if so, what did she or her representative say?
Surely someone in the MSM is already asking these questions. Anyone?
(Bueller?)