I worked in NY State’s prison system. Inmates that were on suicide watch were placed on it by a doctor. They were put in a special cell, stripped of everything, and an officer had to sit outside the door 24 hours a day to observe the inmate. They had to log every move that the inmate made, and in 25 years, no inmate at the prisons I worked at committed suicide while on suicide watch. The only one who can remove an inmate from suicide watch is a doctor.
as per TMZ
7:42 AM PT — What’s interesting ... the facility had Epstein in the Special Housing Unit Suicide Watch since the first incident. Guards were supposed to “maintain the inmate under direct, continuous observation,” 24-hours a day. The lights in the unit are not even turned off, which makes this whole situation odd.