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Government memo · Aug. 13, 2019

Bureau of Prisons statement on MCC warden reassignment after Epstein's death

A Bureau of Prisons statement saying the Attorney General directed the MCC New York warden's temporary reassignment and staff leave pending investigations into Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide.Machine-written summary

EFTA00138478

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Date2019/08/13 13:31

Subject: Statement

Attachments: TEXT.htm, Mime.822

This is the final. Are we OK?

Today, the Attorney General directed the Bureau of Prisons to temporarily assign the warden at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York to the Bureau’s Northeast Regional Office pending the outcome of the FBI and OIG investigations into the apparent suicide of Jeffrey Epstein, a former MCC inmate. FCI Otisville Warden has been named Acting Warden of the MCC New York. The Bureau of Prisons also placed on administrative leave two MCC staff assigned to Mr. Epstein’s unit pending the outcome of the investigations. Additional actions may be taken as the circumstances warrant.

8/13/19 1:29pm

SDNY_00016343 Page 8350

EFTA00138479

This is the final. Are we OK?

Today, the Attorney General directed the Bureau of Prisons to temporarily assign the warden at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York to the Bureau’s Northeast Regional Office pending the outcome of the FBI and OIG investigations into the apparent suicide of Jeffrey Epstein, a former MCC inmate. FCI Otisville Warden has been named Acting Warden of the MCC New York. The Bureau of Prisons also placed on administrative leave two MCC staff assigned to Mr. Epstein’s unit pending the outcome of the investigations. Additional actions may be taken as the circumstances warrant.

8/13/19 1:29pm

SDNY_00016344