Correspondence · Aug. 11, 2019

Bureau of Prisons email declining comment on CBS inquiry into Epstein's suicide watch

Federal prison public affairs staff tell a CBS News reporter they will only point to the Attorney General's statement on Epstein's death, declining further comment.Machine-written summary

From: “BOP-IPP/Public Affairs” <
To: Cc:
Subject Fwd: RE: CBS News Request - Epstein
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 17:24:22 +0000
Importance: Normal
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For any get backs - the only thing we are saying now is we can provide the AG’s statement and we decline further comment.
Office of Public Affairs Information, Policy and Public Affairs Division Federal Bureau of Prisons
> “Pieper, Matt” < 8/11/2019 9:06 AM >> >> > Thank you. But how can I find out if Jeffrey Epstein was on suicide watch while he was in your custody?
From: BOP-IPP/Public Affairs Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2019 8:51 AM To: Pieper, Matt C > Subject: Re: CBS News Request - Epstein External Email
Matt,
We can provide the Attorney General’s statement here: https://www.justice.gov/oWpr/statement-attorney-general-william p-barr-death-‘effrey-epstein.
We decline further comment.
Office of Public Affairs Information, Policy and Public Affairs Division Federal Bureau of Prisons > “Pieper, Matt” <
>> 8/11/2019 5:14 AM >> >

Hi there —¶

I understand officials may have given a statement yesterday on whether or not Jeffrey Epstein was on suicide watch. Are you able to confirm whether or not he was or might you have a statement regarding the issue that you sent to others? I appreciate it, on behalf of CBS News.¶

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Matt Pieper Radio Anchor/Correspondent NEW YORK, NY¶

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Bureau of Prisons email declining comment on CBS inquiry into Epstein's suicide watch