An official Bureau of Prisons memorandum dated July 24, 2019, ordering Jeffrey Epstein's removal from suicide watch and placement on psychological observation at MCC New York.

This two-page document contains an internal email and memorandum from a forensic psychologist with the U.S. Public Health Service at the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The memo directs the Lieutenant's Office at Metropolitan Correctional Center New York to remove inmate Jeffrey Epstein (register #76318-054) from suicide watch and place him on psychological observation. This decision came just 31 hours after Epstein's first apparent suicide attempt on July 23, 2019, and 17 days before his death on August 10, 2019.

Key Highlights

• •Official order removing Epstein from suicide watch after only 31 hours
• •Decision made by a doctoral-level forensic psychologist at MCC New York
• •Epstein remained on lesser psychological observation status following this order
• •Document dated July 24, 2019 — just 17 days before Epstein's death on August 10, 2019

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