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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Satan just got a new butt buddy. Jeffrey Epstein found dead in his cell. Hope it hurts forever...I pray to Jesus that there really is an eternal lake of hot bacon grease fire that this child raping, soul stealing bag of shit can drown and fry in forever and ever ...Amen
He’s in WitSec.
Everything points to it.
High profile such as he would not be unattended, the guards were part of the plan or told to leave while he was taken care of
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It’s because the neck brace is scrunching his ear into an odd shape.
“There should be — and almost certainly is — video of Epstein’s suicide at MCC,” he said. “One hopes it is complete, conclusive, and secured.”
No doubt the video was "not working" during that timeframe.
re: “At the MCC, two jail guards are required to make separate checks on all prisoners every 30 minutes ...”
OBVIOUSLY. NOT.
re: “Since only a doctor can put someone on suicide watch, “
4-year psychology major, I’ll wager; not a ‘doc’ in that case.
Possibly, but they don’t exactly hire the best and the brightest to be jail guards. It’s a crappy job.
If the Feds relied on a 4 year psychology major to determine when such a high-profile inmate as Epstein should be placed on suicide watch, and when he should be removed from it, then somebody should hang...literally.
When I worked in NY State Corrections, the crappy part of the job was having to deal with policy and procedures written by high paid bureaucrats in Albany, who had never worked a day in a prison. And working with politically appointed Superintendents, and Deputy Superintendents, many of which had either never worn a uniform, or had forgotten what it was like to be a blue shirt. They were too busy being trying to keep their jobs by placating the people in Albany that had appointed them. We always felt we were one step below an inmate when it came to Albany.
It was my experience that the powers in Albany, were more concerned with waxed floors on the units, than they were if the inmates were doing drugs, or making and carrying weapons.
The inmates on the other hand were easy to deal with. If they misbehaved, you threw them in a cell, and wrote them up. Many of the supervisors I worked with (I was a Sergeant), didn't have the balls to say "no" to a convict. As a Sergeant, I'd be approached by inmates who would come to me with a request. If they hadn't already spoken to the unit officer, I'd tell them to go back and talk to him/her. When they weren't happy with the answer they got from C.O, they'd come back to me whining that the officer had said "no," and I'd tell them, "Well then, that's your answer," and I'd send them on their way. The inmates were no different than kids, who try to pit their parents against each other, to see which one is going to give them their way.
I can't tell you how many times after an inmate was taken off a housing unit, and admitted to the box (Special Housing), that the facility would get a call from his mother, wanting to know why her son was put in the box. One of his buddies on the unit would usually call the guy's mother, to let her know what had happened. The only thing they'd be told is to call in the morning, and speak to someone in the Counselor's office about it. The job paid well, had good benefits, and gave me an excellent pension. But it wasn't the type of job where you could go home, and feel like you actually accomplished anything. That's why I went back to college, and got my batchelors degree and worked on my masters. I never used my education to change jobs. By that time I had too much time, and seniority in the job to go anywhere else. I retired in 2003...one of the lucky ones to live long enough to retire.
Another Hell of a coincidence ... they ‘forget” to check and he picks that perfect window to hang himself when nobody can possibly come in before he’s dead....I’d wager one of them escorting him on the ambulance had his hand over Epstein’s mouth and nose for the whole trip just to “make sure”....grab the escorts and sweat them with Guantanamo methods (Come for the fishing, stay for the waterboarding)...
Prison guards have to be a step above your average city or county jail guard. It’s much more dangerous job. Wonder about the qualifications of those watching Epstein?
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