Posted on 08/11/2019 9:58:56 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Guards at the New York City jail where millionaire investor Jeffrey Epstein was found dead Saturday did not conduct required checks on prisoners the previous night, according to a report. Epstein died of a suspected suicide after being found unresponsive in his Manhattan Correctional Center cell where he was being held on sex trafficking charges. At approximately 6:30 a.m., Epstein was “found unresponsive in his cell in the Special Housing Unit from an apparent suicide,” the Federal Bureau of Prisons said in a news release.
Staff conducted life-saving measures and Epstein was transported by ambulance to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Around 7:30 a.m., a gurney carrying a man who looked like Epstein was wheeled out of the jail and taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, the New York Post reported.
Epstein hanged himself while in solitary confinement. Three law enforcement sources confirmed the suicide to ABC News. NBC reported he was not on suicide watch.
“At the MCC, two jail guards are required to make separate checks on all prisoners every 30 minutes, but that procedure was not followed overnight, according to the source. In addition, every 15 minutes guards are required to make another check on prisoners who are on suicide watch,” Reuters reports.
In July, Epstein was found nearly unconscious in his cell with injuries to his neck and was placed on suicide watch.
Attorney General William Barr has directed the FBI and Department of Justice inspector general to launch a full investigation into Epstein’s death.
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Or were they told?
FBI... what a joke
In the federal system they don’t use the term “guards,” they use “officers.”
How much were they paid...and by whom?
Check the guards BANK ACCOUNTS!! HELLO, NSA!
When asked under oath they’ll give the James Comey response... they ‘don’t remember’.... anything.
If they were in the middle of a serious game of Booray or hearts or go fish................ Priorities.
>>FBI...what a joke<<
Now known as the FIB: Falsehoods, Incompetence, and Bumbling
Epstien is on an island somewhere laughing at the stupid media.
Government workers can’t even keep an eye on a single prisoner but we’re supposed to turn in our guns and expect them to protect us. No, thanks. I’ll take my chances.
Is this kind of negligence common place, or did they "just happen to" forget the checks this one night?
Yeah, right. We all know what a "full investigation" means.
Speculation about the level of incompetence/perfidy of the SDNY Feds WRT Epstein is starting to sound a bit like Seymour Skinner explaining the Krusty Burgers and “aurora borealis” to Superintendent Chalmers.
Famous But Incompetent.
I had the great pleasure of telling an FBI cyber security guy I wouldn’t even consider him having been employed by such a criminal organization as the FBI for the past 10 years.
NO ONE at the FBI has come forward about the criminals acts of the FBI. NO ONE. So, they are all guilty.
most people don’t understand the workings of a jail or prison. Easy to lie and distort or cover top mistakes.
Barr is responsible to the federal bureau of prisons and the FBI he and the doj shouldn’t investigate., I would put rudy on this. There are some national consultants who would do an objective job; people who do after action reports on riots, hostage situations, etc.
A conspiracy of silence.
I wonder what odds the the LV bookmakers would have given it?
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