DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE | OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
# MEMORANDUM OF INVESTIGATION
Case Number:
Reporting Office:
2019-010614
Boston Area Office
Interview of
On August 4, 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 Operations Lieutenant at the MCC New York 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. Transcription of the recorded interview of
2. OIG Warnings and Assurances Form dated August 4, 2021, signed by
3. MCC New York Daily Assignment Roster for August 9, 2019
4. MCC New York Daily Assignment Roster for August 10, 2019
5. MCC New York Daily Lieutenant's Log for August 9, 2019
6. MCC New York Daily Activity Report for August 10, 2019
7. MCC New York Daily Lieutenant's Log for August 10, 2019
8. MCC New York Inmate Quarters History for Inmate Leonardo Fernandez
9. MCC New York PP38 Daily Log dated 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 3 a.m.
15. MCC New York Count documentation from August 10, 2019, at 5 a.m.
16 MCC New York Special Housing Unit (SHU) 30 Minute Round Check Sheets dated August 9, 2019
17. MCC New York SHU 30 Minute Round Check Sheets dated August 10, 2019
18. MCC New York SHU Map
Prepared By:
Preparer Title:
Reviewed By:
Reviewer Title:
Senior Special Agent
Assistant Special Agent in Charge
Signature:
Signature:
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.
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