DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE | OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL # MEMORANDUM OF INVESTIGATION
Case Number:Reporting Office:
2019-010614Boston Area Office
Interview of On July 14, 2021, Senior Special Agent and Special Agent U.S. Department Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG), conducted a voluntary interview of Lieutenant Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) New York, New York, within the MCC New York. The interview was conducted in reference to an official OIG investigation surrounding the death of BOP inmate Jeffrey Epstein, Register Number 76318-054, who was previously housed at the MCC New York. was an MCC New York staff member assigned to the MCC New York Special Housing Unit on August 9, 2019, the day before Epstein was found unresponsive within his cell at the MCC New York. The interview was recorded, and the recording has been transcribed. The interview transcript and documents discussed with during the interview are attached to this report. The audio recorded interview has been saved separately to the case file due to its large file size. ## Attachments: 1. Transcribed interview of the recorded interview of conducted on July 14, 2021 2. OIG Warnings and Assurances Form signed by dated July 14, 2021 3. MCC New York Daily Assignment Roster from August 9, 2019 4. MCC New York Daily Assignment Roster from August 10, 2019 5. Email from dated July 30, 2019 6. Sign saying Mandatory Epstein Rounds 7. Memorandum written by dated August 12, 2019 8. MCC New York Daily Activity Report and Lieutenant Log on August 9, 2019 9. MCC New York Form PP38 Daily Log on August 9, 2019 10. MCC New York Count documentation from August 9, 2019, at 5 a.m. 11. MCC New York Count documentation from August 9, 2019, at 4 p.m. 12. MCC New York Count documentation from August 9, 2019, at 10 p.m. 13. MCC New York Count documentation from August 10, 2019, at 12 a.m. 14. MCC New York Count documentation from August 10, 2019. at 5 a.m. 15. MCC New York Count documentation from August 10, 2019, at 10 a.m. 16. MCC New York Count documentation from August 10, 2019, at 4 p.m. 17. MCC New York SHU 30 Minute Round Sheet from August 9, 2019 18. MCC New York Lieutenant Rounds on August 9 and 10, 2019
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Senior Special AgentAssistant Special Agent in Charge
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Digitally signed by Date: 2021.10.08 10:05:33-04'00'Digitally signed by Date: 2021.10.08 10:27:11 -04'00'
OIG Form III-210/4 (09/06/2018) This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the IG. It is the property of the IG and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside of your agency. EFTA00059379 19. MCC New York SHU Cell Search on August 9, 2019 20. MCC New York Quarters History for Jeffrey Epstein 21. MCC New York SHU Map 22. MCC Camera screenshots 23. Pictures of the MCC New York SHU and Epstein’s MCC New York cell from August 10, 2019 Memorandum of Investigation Case Number: 2019-010614 Page 2 EFTA00059380 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE | OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL # MEMORANDUM OF INVESTIGATION
Case Number:Reporting Office:
2019-010614Boston Area Office
## Lieutenant, Federal Bureau of Prisons On September 1, 2021, Senior Special Agent Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG), conducted a voluntary interview of Lieutenant, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) New York, New York, within the MCC New York. The interview was conducted in reference to an official OIG investigation surrounding the death of BOP inmate Jeffrey Epstein, Register Number 76318-054, who was previously housed at the MCC New York. was an MCC New York staff member assigned to the MCC New York Special Housing Unit on August 9, 2019, the day before Epstein was found unresponsive within his cell at the MCC New York. The interview was recorded, and the recording has been transcribed. The interview transcript and documents discussed with during the interview are attached to this report. The audio recorded interview has been saved separately to the case file due to its large file size. ## Attachments: 1. Transcribed interview of the recorded interview of conducted on September 1, 2021. 2. OIG Warnings and Assurances Form signed by dated September 1, 2021. 3. MCC New York Daily Assignment Roster from August 9, 2019. 4. MCC New York Daily Activity Report and Lieutenant Log on August 9, 2019. 5. Email dated August 8, 2019, from the USMS to the MCC Receiving and Discharge Department. 6. Email dated August 8, 2019, from the USMS to the MCC Custody Department. 7. MCC New York Form PP38 Daily Log dated August 9, 2019. 8. Memorandum written by dated August 12, 2019. 9. Email dated August 9, 2019, from to 10. Inmate Quarters History for inmate Leonardo Fernandez.
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Assistant Special Agent in ChargeSpecial Agent in Charge
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Digitally signed by Date:2022.01.13 14:55:44-05'00'Digitally signed by Date:2022.01.13 15:04:11 -05'00'
OIG Form III-210/4 (09/06/2018) This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the IG. It is the property of the IG and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside of your agency. EFTA00059381