This document is an internal DOJ/BOP email dated December 6, 2019, discussing a media inquiry from the NY Daily News regarding conditions at MCC NY following Jeffrey Epstein's suicide. The reporter asks about plummeting morale, facility conditions, lack of hiring reforms, and specific staffing ratios on the night of the suicide (referencing 50-70 inmates per guard). The proposed responses to these questions are redacted under FOIA exemption (b)(5).
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Deceased Inmate |
The inquiry focuses on prison conditions following his suicide.
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| Redacted Sender | Government Official (likely DOJ/BOP) |
Sending the update regarding the media inquiry.
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| Redacted Recipient | Government Official (likely DOJ/BOP) |
Recipient of the media inquiry update.
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| Redacted Reporter | Journalist |
Reporter for NY Daily News submitting the inquiry.
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| Redacted Individuals | Staff/Guards |
Referenced in context of 'charges against' and 'responsible for roughly 50 to 70 inmates'.
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| AFGE Union Official | Source |
Spoke to the reporter regarding morale at MCC.
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| Redacted Defense Attorney | Source |
Spoke to the reporter regarding the story.
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| Name | Type | Context |
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| NY Daily News |
Media outlet submitting the inquiry.
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| MCC NY |
Metropolitan Correctional Center New York, the facility in question.
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| AFGE |
American Federation of Government Employees (Union).
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| BOP |
Bureau of Prisons (referenced in question 3).
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| DOJ |
Department of Justice (implied by document source DOJ-OGR).
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| Location | Context |
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Manhattan, New York (Prison facility)
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"The thrust of the story is that morale has plummeted at the facility in the wake of the falsification of documents charges."Source
"The story will also note that the facility itself is in very bad shape and that... there has not been a hiring surge or any major reforms in the wake of Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide."Source
"Is it correct that [Redacted] were responsible for roughly 50 to 70 inmates the night of the suicide?"Source
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