Epstein Secrets

ugust 9 and 10 for the SHU area where Epstein was housed was only available from one prison security camera due to a malfunction of MCC New York's Digital Video Recorder system that occurred on July 29, 2019. While the prison's cameras continued to provide live video feeds, recordings were made for only about half

of their cells. Additionally, the OIG analyzed the available recorded video of the SHU, which was limited to the common area of the SHU, including the SHU Officers' Station, due to the MCC New York security camera system's recording issues that we detail in this report.' The OIG's analysis of the recorded video did not

any hallway movements, including into or out of Epstein's cell, were being live streamed and could be monitored, even if, unbeknownst to them, the Digital Video Recorder (DVR) system was not recording the live stream at that time. As the OIG has noted in numerous prior reports regarding the BOP's camera system, BOP s

ut of MCC New York on August 9, and therefore Epstein was alone in his cell the evening of August 9-10. The door to Epstein's cell was visible from the SHU Officers' Station, and CO Tova Noel and Material Handler Michael Thomas told the OIG that no one entered or exited Epstein's cell during their shift on August 10. Bo

th on August 10, 2019. According to forensic analysis conducted by the FBI after Epstein's death, on July 29, 2019, a disk failure in MCC New York's Digital Video Recorder (DVR) 2 system caused approximately half of the institution's cameras—including nearly all of the cameras in and around the SHU—to display only a l

the OIG found that officers assigned to the SHU on August 9 and 10, including the Material Handler, Noel, and Thomas, primarily remained seated in the SHU Officers' Station—sometimes without moving for a period of time, suggesting that they were asleep—and conducted a variety of internet searches on MCC New York comput

ugust 9 and 10 for the SHU area where Epstein was housed was only available from one prison security camera due to a malfunction of MCC New York's Digital Video Recorder system that occurred on July 29, 2019. While the prison's cameras continued to provide live video feeds, recordings were made for only about half

of their cells. Additionally, the OIG analyzed the available recorded video of the SHU, which was limited to the common area of the SHU, including the SHU Officers' Station, due to the MCC New York security camera system's recording issues that we detail in this report.' The OIG's analysis of the recorded video did not

any hallway movements, including into or out of Epstein's cell, were being live streamed and could be monitored, even if, unbeknownst to them, the Digital Video Recorder (DVR) system was not recording the live stream at that time. As the OIG has noted in numerous prior reports regarding the BOP's camera system, BOP s

ut of MCC New York on August 9, and therefore Epstein was alone in his cell the evening of August 9-10. The door to Epstein's cell was visible from the SHU Officers' Station, and CO Tova Noel and Material Handler Michael Thomas told the OIG that no one entered or exited Epstein's cell during their shift on August 10. Bo