He originally said he was attacked by his cellmate. His cell mate, an upstate cop convicted of murder, denied it. They decided to be cautious and take the murderer’s word for it, putting Epstein on suicide watch. But you can’t keep someone on suicide watch forever, and other suicidal prisoners have to be accommodated. So at some point it was decided to put him back in a regular cell. So was this time the usual amount of time or was it abnormally short? I don’t know. Do you?
If someone wanted to get a target out of suicide watch I suppose they could bribe enough prisoners to fake suicide attempts at the same time to put pressure on authorities to take him off, but then, someone wanting to get him into a normal cell only need wait the usual observation time if there is no reason to rush.
As for claims the guards were working overtime, so what? They were still being paid to do their jobs, even paid extra for overtime. So there is no excuse for cutting corners or failing to do the job.
I don’t know but if he was taken off of suicide watch a week ago then he was on it less than two weeks. And they reported that his lawyers wanted him off of it. Who should have no say in prison protocols unless they get a court order. And he was arguably the FedMob’s highest priority prisoner at this time. If that means anything.
His lawyers said they requested he be taken off suicide watch.
Suicide was is limited to 2-10 days. Day 10 was about a week prior so it was a nothing burger for whatever happen Saturday.