DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE | OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL # MEMORANDUM OF INVESTIGATION
| Case Number: | Reporting Office: |
| 2019-010614 | New York Field Office |
| Prepared By: | Preparer Title: | Reviewed By: | Reviewer Title: |
| Special Agent | Assistant Special Agent in Charge | ||
| Signature: | Signature: | ||
| Digitally signed by Date:2022.03.30 13:23:47-04'00' | |||
| Correctional Officer | (male): 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. |
| Correctional Officer Tova Noel (female) | 4 p.m. to 12 a.m. |
| Material Handler | (male): 4 p.m. to 12 a.m. |
| , and Noel before he departed the SHU. The video footage shows, at approximately 6:53 p.m., escorted Epstein across the SHU common area and up the stairs for the G tier, then walked to the SHU officer's desk and returned to the G tier holding what appeared to be a phone in his hands. walked off the G tier and had a brief conversation with the three SHU officers before he departed the SHU. The attached MCC New York phone log showed that phone number was dialed from the SHU legal line on August 9,2019,at 6:58 p.m. told the OIG he called the SHU twenty minutes later and told the SHU staff to take the phone away from Epstein,and the call log showed that the call was ended at 7:19 p.m.At 7:19 p.m.,the video shows that Noel walked onto G tier and returned back to the SHU desk area with what appeared to be a phone in her hand. |
| 16:00 | Movement behind SHU officer's desk area. One CO described as a Black Male(BM) wearing a black uniform walked out of Door #46(door to unit 10S), down the stairs into the SHU common area,and to the SHU desk area.The CO then walked to the right off camera and towards the direction of L tier, laundry,and SHU entrance/exit. |
| 16:01 | One CO walked out from behind the SHU desk area,stood in front of the desk area,and then went back behind desk area. |
| 16:04 | Movement detected behind desk area. |
| 16:05 | Two COs walked around the SHU desk area and towards the L tier, laundry,and SHU entrance/exit. |
| 16:05 | One CO walked to behind the desk area,sat down on chair and rolled on the chair toward the table near the stairs for J tier. |
| 16:06 | The same CO stood up and walked over to the SHU desk area. |
| 16:07 | Two COs stood up from SHU desk area,walked up the stairs and into the G(upper) tier area and out of camera view. |
| 16:07 | At same time,Door #46 for 10S opened,and one CO(BM with a shaved head) pushed a cart with unknown items on top through the door and then closed the door. |
| 16:10 | One CO walked out of G tier, walked across the SHU floor, and walked to the laundry and SHU entrance out of camera view. |
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| 16:10 | Two COs walked into view from the laundry/SHU entrance area, one walked toward the SHU officer's desk area, and the other walked up the stairs towards G tier. |
| 16:13 | One CO (possibly female) walked from behind the SHU desk area and up the stairs to G tier, one CO walked out of G tier, and they stood there together. |
| 16:14 | Three persons walked away from G tier and towards the SHU desk area. |
| 16:15 | One CO walked from near the SHU desk area to the L tier, laundry, and SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 16:18 | Two COs walked from behind the SHU desk area and up the stairs towards G tier. |
| 16:20 | Two COs walked out of G tier and towards the SHU desk area. |
| 16:21 | One CO walked from behind SHU desk area to the L tier, laundry, SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 16:22 | Three COs walked from the laundry and SHU entrance/exit area to the SHU desk area. |
| 16:24 | Two COs walked from the SHU desk area towards L tier, laundry, SHU entrance area. |
| 16:27 | One CO walked from the laundry/SHU entrance area to the SHU desk area. |
| 16:27 | One person dressed in orange (inmate orderly) walked unescorted from direction of laundry room/entrance towards a space between G tier and J tier, picked up food trays, and walked towards laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 16:28 | One inmate is joined by another inmate as they are possibly cleaning and moving things around in the general SHU area. One of two inmates proceeds to the upper area in front of 10S entrance and removes two crates off the cart. |
| 16:31 | One CO (BM) walked from the entrance/laundry area of the SHU carrying a crate containing paper bags and placed it on a crate in front of the entrance to 10S. The CO picked up the phone outside of Door 46 and waited for the door to unlock. He then pushed the cart inside Door 46, let the door shut, and walked back down the stairs toward the laundry room and SHU entrance/ exit. During this time, there was general movement around the common SHU area and desk area by other people. |
| 16:33 | One CO walked from behind the desk area toward the laundry room and SHU entrance/exit and out of view. |
| 16:34 | Two COs walked back toward the desk area and general movement is observed around the area. |
| 16:36 | One inmate is observed moving around general SHU area. |
| 16:38 | Two COs pushed two large silver containers into the area next to the J tier stairs |
| 16:38 - 16:49 | The two COs are joined by another CO around silver containers and appeared to be taking things from the containers to J tier, K tier, H tier, and G tier. An inmate then came and retrieved the containers and pushed them out of the SHU area, out of view. |
| 16:50 | One CO walked from the direction of G tier toward the laundry/entrance. |
| 16:51 | Two COs walked from the direction of the laundry room and SHU entrance/exit toward H tier/recreational area. |
| 16:52 | Two COs identified as a BM and Black Female(BF)walked from the direction ofH tier/recreational area to Door46.TheBMCOisobservedholdinga boxandtheBFCOlookedtobeholdingaclipboardwithpapersandkeys.TheBFCO picked up the phone,forDoor46to beunlockedandtheybothwalked insideDoor46.During this time,there was also general movement by other people around theSHUgeneralarea anddeskarea. |
| 16:53-17:00 | General movement around theSHUcommonarea,Ktier,Htier,and deskareabypeople andinmateswhoappearedtobecleaning. |
| 17:02 | General movement around theSHUcommonareabypeople(presumablyofficers)andinmatescleaning.Threepeoplewalk down towardK(lower)tier. |
| 17:04 | TheBMandBFCOsfrom16:52exitoutofDoor46.TheBFCOwaspushingacart(appearedtobethe sameonefromearlier)andBMCOwasholdingacleartrashbag.TheBFCO pushedthecarttochesideoutofDoor46andtheBMCO tookthetrashbagwithhim.BothCOswalkeddownthestairs towardthedeskareawhere theywerejoinedbyotherpeople.Then there was generalmovementaroundthedeskarea. |
| 17:07 | TwoCOswalkedaninmatefromtherecreationalarea toKtier. |
| 17:10 | TwoCOscamebackupfromKtier. |
| 17:10-17:39 | General movement around theSHUcommonareabyofficers,inmates,andpossiblyotherBOPemployees.Inmates stillappearedtobecleaning. |
| 17:39 | Inmatespushsilvercontainers(possiblycontainingfood)into theSHUcommonarea. |
| 17:41 | OneCOisobservedescortinganinmatefromKtiertowardthebottomlevelrecreationarea. |
| 17:42 | OneCOwalkedbackfromthedirectionofbottomrecreationareatowardKtier,stayedforapproximatelyoneminute,andthenwalkedbackupthestairstowardtheSHUdeskarea. |
| 17:48 | OneBMCOwalkedfromdirectionofbottomrecreationareaupthestairstowardDoor46,pickedupthephone,andthenwentinsideDoor46.At thesametime,oneCOescortedaninmatefromthedirectionofthestairstoMtiertowardthebottomoftherecreationarea,outofview. |
| 17:49 | OneCOwalkedfromthedirectionofbottomrecreationareatowardthedeskareaandthentowardHtier.Underone minute later,oneCOwalkedfromHtierareatowardthedeskarea. |
| 17:49-17:56 | General movementisobservedaroundtheareaofpeople(appearedtobeofficersandinmatesstillcleaningandperformingjonialitialservices).Atonepoint,abluetrashcanwas pushedinfrontoftheJtierstairsandtheCOpushingtwentuptoJtiercarrying somethingwhitethatwaspickedoutofthe蓝trashcan. |
| 17:57 | BFCOwalkedfromthedeskareatothetopofthestairsofHtier.BFCOmetupwithanotherCOwhoescortedaninmateupfromHtier.ThetwoCOsc escortedtheinmateoutofviewtowardthelaundryroomandSHUentrance/exit. |
| 17:59 | Two COs walked down the stairs to K tier. |
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| 18:00 | One CO came back up from K tier and walked to the area just below the J tier stairs, stayed for approximately one minute, and then walked toward the bottom recreation area. During this time, inmates were still walking around the SHU common area (possibly still performing janitorial services). |
| 18:02 | One CO (likely the CO from the above entry) walked from the direction of the bottom recreational area out of view toward laundry and entrance area. |
| 18:05 | One CO walked from the direction of the SHU entrance and laundry area down the stairs to K tier. |
| 18:06 | One CO carried something red up from K tier and carried it out of view toward the big silver containers still in the SHU common area, went back toward K tier, and then came back up to SHU common area with another CO. The two then walked out of view toward the laundry/exit. |
| 18:06 - 18:20 | A lot of movement is observed around the area by people (appeared to be officers and inmates) in the SHU common area, up and down the stairs of J tier, and in and out of view in surrounding areas. |
| 18:20 | One CO wearing glasses walked up from the direction of H tier and up the stairs to Door 46 where he met up with a BM CO who came out of Door 46 with a white board in his hands. The two speak for approximately one minute, when the CO with glasses entered into Door 46 and the BM CO walked down the stairs with the white board and out of view toward the exit to the laundry room. |
| 18:23 | One CO exited Door 46 and walked toward the SHU common area out of view. |
| 18:23 - 18:29 | General movement by people (officers and inmates) around the SHU common area and desk area. |
| 18:29 | A person that appeared to be an inmate goes up the stairs to L tier. |
| 18:30 | One CO walked up the stairs of H tier, spoke with another CO (possibly female) and then CO walked down the stairs of H tier while the female CO stood at top of the steps of H tier. The female CO walked down the stairs and they both walked back up together. During this time, another CO was observed moving between the desk area and the laundry/exit area. |
| 18:39 | One CO walked from desk area down to K tier. |
| 18:42 | One CO walked back up from K tier toward desk area. |
| 18:43 | One CO walked from desk area toward G tier. |
| 18:45 | One CO walked back down from G tier to desk area. |
| 18:53 | One inmate with white skin and white hair (believed to be Epstein) is escorted into the SHU from the laundry room and SHU entrance area by a CO (possibly or ) and a CO wearing a white shirt with black vest (believed to be Unit Manager ). They walked across the SHU and paused at the stairs leading up the G tier and seem to hold a conversation. A CO (possibly or ) that was standing off to the left in the area between the G tier and J tier also approached the group and then walked back. As noted above, the three COs assigned to the SHU during the evening watch are and Noel. |
| 18:54 | The 3-person group (Epstein, and or) walked up the stairs towards G tier, and the BF CO (believed to be Noel), who was at the desk area, walked over and stood at bottom of stairs of G tier. walked down the stairs and towards the SHU desk area. |
| 18:55 | seemed to be carrying something in both his hands, appeared to be a phone in one hand and a cord in the other hand. He walked back up into G tier and Noel follows him up into the tier. At the same time, two other COs escorted another inmate in dark clothing from the laundry and SHU entrance area to the recreation area. The CO (possibly or) that escorted the inmate up to G tier, walked off the G tier and followed the two COs and inmate into the recreation area. The other CO in the SHU, standing to the left, (possibly or) walked over and stood near the stairs for H tier. |
| 18:56 | All three COs return from recreation area, two of them walk towards the laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. The other CO and the CO standing near the stairs of H tier (both and) walked over to the area near stairs for tier. Noel walked down the steps of G tier and joined and. |
| 18:56 | walked down the stairs and joined Noel, and They are engaged in conversation for approximately 20 seconds. walked towards the laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 18:55 - 19:08 | Multiple people (likely officers) moving around the SHU common area and K tier area. |
| 19:09 - 19:17 | Orderly inmates are moving around the SHU cleaning. Noel can be seen walking around the SHU. |
| 19:18 | Noel walked onto G tier |
| 19:19 | Noel walked down the stairs from G tier, carrying what appeared be a phone. |
| 19:20 | CO walked from desk area to L tier. |
| 19:22 | Inmate is escorted by COs from laundry/entrance area to M tier. |
| 19:25 | Inmate, not dressed in orange, is escorted by two COs from recreational area towards laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 19:26 - 19:33 | General movement around SHU area of COs and inmate orderlies. |
| 19:34 | Inmate is brought from laundry and SHU entrance/exit area to the recreational area. |
| 19:35 - 19:38 | General movement around the SHU common area, desk area, and the stairs of some of the tiers. There are numerous COs moving around in the SHU. |
| 19:46 | Two COs climbed the stairs up to landing in front of door 46. One CO placed down a blue trashcan and walked down into G tier. The other BF CO, with reddish hair, (appeared to be Acting Activities Lieutenant) picked up the phone beside the Door 46 and went inside 10S with the blue trashcan. |
| 19:49 | CO escorted white haired and skinned inmate (believed to be Epstein) from G tier across SHU floor and up the stairs for L tier. CO told the OIG that he returned Epstein back to his cell from the G tier. |
| 19:49 - 19:56 | General movement around the SHU common area and desk area. |
| 19:56 | exited Door 46 with blue trashcan and left it near the top of the stairs against the railing. She stepped down towards the entrance of G tier and spoke with another CO (possibly Noel) and they both step out of the camera's view. |
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| 20:01 | One CO came up from M tier, walked across the SHU common area and up the stairs to G tier. |
| 20:03 | Three COs (unknown, Noel and ) escorted an inmate down from G tier out to the SHU common area and down to K tier. |
| 20:07 | All three COs came back up the stairs from K tier and walked to desk area. |
| 20:07 - 20:15 | General movement around the SHU common area, desk area, and around stairs from officers and inmates (who still appear to be cleaning) |
| 20:16 | Inmate orderly walked up the stairs toward Door 46 and placed an object that is red and blue outside of the office beside Door 46. Orderly walked back downstairs to SHU common area. |
| 20:39 | Two COs walked from behind desk area towards L tier, one CO (possibly Noel) is carrying what appeared to be a food tray. COs side profile can be seen walking up the stair for L tier. This is consistent with Noel's statement to the OIG that she provided Epstein with his meal after he was brought back to his cell. |
| 20:41 | Movement can be seen at L tier gate. |
| 20:44 | Movement can be seen at L tier gate and two COs reappeared on screen and walked towards desk area. |
| 20:45 - 21:00 | Movement around the desk area and the SHU common area by the COs. |
| 21:03 | One CO walked down to K tier. |
| 21:07 | One CO (possibly or ) came up from K tier, walked through SHU common area and up the stairs to Door 46. A piece of paper was slipped under Door 46 from the other side, he picked it up and returned to the desk area. |
| 21:10 | One CO walked into K tier. Another CO walked into M tier and then towards the laundry and SHU entrance/exit area and the third CO stayed back at the desk. |
| 21:11 | The CO (possibly or ) goes from desk area to Door 46 and goes into 10S. At same time, the other CO returned from laundry and SHU entrance/exit area back to the desk area and down to M tier. |
| 21:12 | One CO returned from K tier and walked back to desk area and down to M tier. |
| 21:13 | Two COs walked up from M tier and towards desk area. There are three COs in the desk area. |
| 21:14 | Two COs walked up to J tier. |
| 21:15 | Two COs walked from J tier to K tier. At same time, the CO from 21:11 walked out from 10S and back to desk area. |
| 21:18 | Two COs returned from K tier to desk area and then went onto H tier. |
| 21:20 | Two COs come back from H tier and back to desk area |
| 21:22 | Noel walked from desk area to Door 46, picked up phone and entered 10S |
| 21:32 | BF CO (possibly Noel) exited 10S and returned to desk area. |
| 21:33 - 21:41 | General movement in desk area and in the SHU common area by COs. |
| 21:41 | One CO walked from desk area, toward the laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 22:27 | Movement at the desk area. |
| 22:29 | Noel walked from the desk area to the laundry and SHU entrance/exit area.Due to angle of camera, it cannot be seen if she walked onto L tier.Noel told the OIG via her Attorney this is when she did the 10 p.m. count. |
| 22:31 | Noel walked from direction of either L tier or laundry and SHU entrance/exit area possibly went down to M tier. |
| 22:32 | Noel walked from M tier up the stairs of J tier. |
| 22:33 | Noel walked from J tier down to K tier. |
| 22:34 | Noel walked from K tier to G tier. |
| 22:35 | Noel walked from G tier down to H tier. |
| 22:36 | Noel walked from H tier to desk area. |
| 22:38 | One CO(Noel or )walked from desk area toward laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 22:39 | One CO(Noel or )can be seen going up the stairs of L tier. |
| 22:41 | One CO(Noel or )walked back into the camera view from L tier, laundry,and SHU entrance/exit area and towards desk area. |
| 23:33 | One CO(Noel or )walked from desk area toward direction of laundry and SHU entrance/exit area |
| 23:34 | One CO(Noel or )walked back to desk area. |
| 23:57 | One CO(Noel or )walked from desk area and stood in the general SHU area,then walked back to desk area.A few moments later,another CO(possibly Thomas)walked to the desk area from the direction of the laundry and entrance area.The CO opened possibly a filing cabinet in the adjacent area and walked back to the desk area. |
| 0:00 | One CO(possibly Noel, or Thomas) walked from desk area to general SHU common area and then back to the desk area. |
| 0:01 | BM CO, identified by Daily Assignment roster as CO, walked from laundry and SHU entrance/exit area to Door 46, picked up phone and walked into 10S. CO is reporting for his shift. |
| 0:02 | closed the door for 10S. |
| 0:05 | Movement at the desk area. |
| 0:05 | CO finished his shift, exited 10S through Door 46, picked up objects located outside Door 46 and put them inside Door 46. then walked down the stairs, towards desk area and then exited toward the laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 0:07 | One CO(possibly Noel or Thomas) walked from area below camera towards desk area. |
| 00:08-00:49 | General movement at the desk area. |
| 0:49 | One CO(possibly Noel or Thomas) walked from desk area toward laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 0:50 | One CO(Noel or Thomas) walked from laundry and SHU entrance/exit area to desk area. |
| 1:01 | One CO (Noel or Thomas) walked from desk area toward laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. |
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| 1:03 | One CO (Noel or Thomas) walked from laundry and SHU entrance/exit area to desk area. |
| 1:05 - 3:10 | No movement can be detected at the desk area. |
| 3:10 | Movement at the desk area. |
| 3:14 | One CO (Noel or Thomas) walked from desk area to laundry to SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 3:14 | One CO (Noel or Thomas) walked from laundry and SHU entrance/exit area to desk area. |
| 3:15 | Noel walked from desk area to Door 46, picked up phone and entered 10 S. This is consistent with her statement that she assisted with the count in 10S at 3 a.m.) |
| 3:17 | Noel exited Door 46 and walked to the laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 3:18 | Noel returned back to desk area. |
| 3:42 | Noel walked from desk area back to Door 46, picked up phone and entered 10 S. |
| 3:51 | Noel exited Door 46 and returned to desk area. |
| 4:00 | One CO (Noel or Thomas) walked around desk area and proceeded toward laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 4:00 | One CO (Noel or Thomas) walked from laundry and SHU entrance/exit area to desk area. Another CO walked from laundry and SHU entrance/exit area and stood in front of desk area. CO is later identified as Operations Lieutenant making her round in the SHU. |
| 4:01 | There is movement at the desk area and papers seemed to be moved on the desk. |
| 4:04 | Lt. walked up the stairs to Door 46, picked up the phone and looked directly at the camera. Light skinned female fitting the description of Lt. She entered 10S. |
| 4:11 | Lt. exited Door 46 and walked to behind desk area. Papers appear to be moved on the desk. |
| 4:14 | Lt. walked from desk area toward laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 4:51 | One CO (Noel or Thomas) walked from desk area to laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 4:52 | One CO (Noel or Thomas) walked from laundry and SHU entrance/exit area to desk area. |
| 5:07 | One CO walked from behind desk area and stood at the area near the stairs for j tier and then returned to desk area. |
| 5:26 | Noel walked from desk area to Door 46, picked up phone and entered 10S. This is consistent with Noel's statement to the OIG that she went to 10S to assist with 5 a.m. count. |
| 5:29 | Noel exited Door 46 and returned to desk area. |
| 5:30 - 5:35 | There is movement behind desk area. |
| 5:37 | Thomas walked from desk area to Door 46, picked up phone and entered 10S. Thomas relieved in 10S while went on break. |
| 5:38 | CO exited 10S and towards laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 5:45 | Noel walked from behind desk area and stood in front of the desk area and then returned back behind the desk area. |
| 5:46 | Noel walked from behind desk area and stood in front of the desk area and then returned back behind the desk area. |
| 5:48 | walked from the laundry and SHU entrance/exit area to Door 46, carrying a plastic bag. He picked up the phone twice, checked the blue trashcan and then walked into 10S. |
| 5:50 | Thomas walked out of 10S and returned to desk area. |
| 5:57 | One CO (Noel or Thomas) walked from desk area to the laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 5:58 | One CO (Noel or Thomas) walked from the laundry and SHU entrance/exit area to the desk area. |
| 6:04 | One CO (Noel or Thomas) walked from behind desk area and opened what appeared to be a small refrigerator and took out a drink, drank from it and returned it to refrigerator. CO then walked to the laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 6:08 | One CO (Noel or Thomas) walked back to desk area. |
| 6:22 | Noel and Thomas walked from desk area toward the laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. This might be when breakfast was brought to the SHU. |
| 6:23 | One CO (Noel or Thomas) walked from laundry and SHU entrance/exit area to space near the stairs for G tier and returned back to laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. CO returned from same area, carrying something in hands (what appeared to be a food tray) and placed it near the stairs for G tier and returned back to laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 6:24 | One CO (Noel or Thomas) returned again carrying items and placed it at same location as before and returned back to laundry and SHU entrance/exit area. |
| 6:25 | One CO (possibly Noel) walked from entrance area, carrying what appeared to be food trays, placed it near the stairs for J tier and returned back to entrance. CO comes back with more items and places it near J tier. |
| 6:26 | One CO (possibly Noel) moved between entrance area and J tier carrying what appeared to be trays over. |
| 6:27 | One CO (possibly Thomas) pushed a blue cart towards the stairs for H tier. CO (possibly Noel and Thomas) walked back toward entrance. |
| 6:28 | The arm of a CO can be seen coming down the stairs of L tier. Another CO picked up something off the floor of the SHU at the bottom of the screen. |
| 6:30 | One CO (possibly Noel) appeared to walk quickly toward the SHU desk area and returned quickly to toward L tier stairs. |
| 6:31 | One CO(Possibly Noel) moved quickly towards desk area from L tier stairs and back up the L tier stairs. CO(possibly Noel) came back again and went toward desk area, seemed to wait,and then walked toward L tier. |
| 6:32 | Outline of one CO(possibly Noel) can be seen moving up and down L tier stairs |
| 6:33 | Additional COs can be seen walking up the stairs for L tier. |
| 6:34 | Multiple COs moving hurriedly between L tier, laundry and entrance area and desk area. |
| 6:36-7:00 | There are multiple people moving around the area between the desk area,L tier and the entrance. |