A routine Daily Lieutenant's Log from the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York dated August 3, 2019 — exactly one week before Jeffrey Epstein was found dead at the facility.
This is an operational log documenting the morning watch shift at MCC New York on August 3, 2019. The log records routine institutional activities including inmate counts, fire alarm checks, PREA announcements, body alarm testing, and equipment inventories. The document shows the facility had 761 inmates with 77 in the Special Housing Unit (SHU). While mundane in content, this document is significant as it establishes baseline MCC procedures that were later found to have catastrophically failed on August 9-10, 2019, when guards falsified logs and failed to conduct required checks leading to Epstein's death.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE METROPOLITAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, NEW YORK, NY DAILY LIEUTENANT'S LOG Shift-Day-Date: M/W Saturday, August 03, 2019 Beginning Count: 761 SHU: 77/5 144/W Daily Sensitive Information: I/M melendez #85799-054 at Local Hosp. w/USMS Guards I/M Benjamin #86463-054 on Psych Obs. w/inmate companion TIME CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS BC SHU 12:00 AM Lieutenant assumes duties as the Morning Watch 761 77/5 Operations Lieutenant. The fire alarm and sprinkler system are operational w/exception of Control Center Fire Panel. PREA announcement conducted via the Institution Public Address System and/or Radio. Restraint Equipment Cage inventory conducted. All equipment accounted for. Metal Detector checks conducted. All operative w/the exception of Rear Gate/Facilities/R&D. Roof Check completed. All secure. Temporary Chit Inventory: #1:2; #2:5; 13:6; #4:6; #5:5; #6:0; Hosp:0 12:00 AM Institution Count in progress 12:00 AM NYPD Phone Check #2735 12:08 AM Body Alarm testing in progress 12:30 AM Watch Calls cont. 12:31 AM Body Alarm testing completed 12:37 AM Good Verbal count announced 12:41 AM Clear Institution count announced 761 77/5 3:00 AM Institution Count in progress 3:21 AM Good Verbal count announced 3:25 AM Clear Institution count announced 761 77/5 5:00 AM Institution Count in progress 5:36 AM Good Verbal count announced 5:48 AM Clear Institution count announced 761 77/5 8:00 AM Relieved of duties by Lt. as D/W Operations Lieutenant 761 77/5 STG International Terrorist phone calls monitored: WITSEC inquiry(s) was/were received during my tour of duty: The following Inmate(s) were placed in Administrative Detention: Name Reg: Number I Reason Unit Time AD Order I Ops Lt. Ending Count: 761 SHU: 77; 10-South: 05; SHU OBS: 00; Local Hosp: 01; H/A OBS: 01; B/A OBS: 00; Dry Cell: 00 CONFIDENTIAL SDNY_00008932 EFTA00033630
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE METROPOLITAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, NEW YORK, NY DAILY LIEUTENANT'S LOG SHIFT-DAY-DATE: D/W - Saturday, August 03, 2019 Beginning Count: 761 SHU:77/5 i)dfif Daily Sensitive Information: I/M I/M Melendez #85799-054 at Local Hosp w/USMS Guards. I/M Benjamin #86463-054 on Psych Obs. w/inmate companion 8:00 AM Lieutenant Lieutenant. time. Fire announcement system malfunction. All equipment All operative completed. #3:5; #4:6; Daily Hand assumes duties as the Day Watch Operations system is inoperable at this to conduct PREA Address System, due to, Cage inventory conducted. Detector checks conducted. Gate. Roof Check Inventory: #1:0; #2:5; 761 77/5 The fire alarm and pump Watch is in Progress. Unable over the Institution Public Restraint Equipment accounted for. Metal w/the exception of Rear All secure. Temporary Chit #5:6; #6:5; Hosp:0 Stamp :GPKJ /RIGHT HAND 8:00 AM NYPD Phone Check #1892 8:15 AM Body Alarm Test Initiated. 8:41 AM Body Alarm Testing Complete. 10:00 AM Institution count 10:43 AM Good verbal announced 10:49 AM Clear count announced 761 77/5 11:00 AM Mainline feeding in progress. 12:00 PM Religious service in progress 1:10 PM Religious service complete 3:45 PM Institutional lockdown for count. 761 77/5 4:00 PM Relieved of duties by Lt. E/W Operations Lieutenant. 761 77/5 Visitation: 5 SOUTH Inmates Adults Children Total 13 16 3 32 ION SCANNING TESTED HITS: 0 STG/High Alert phone calls monitored: WITSEC inquiry(s) was/were received during my tour of duty: 0 The following Inmate(s) were placed in Administrative Detention: 0 Name Reg Number Reason Unit TIME A/D Order Ops Lt Act Lt Ending Count:761 ; SHU:77 ; 10-South: 05; SHU OBS: 00; Local Hosp: 01; H/A OBS: 01; B/A OBS: 00; Dry Cell: 00 CONFIDENTIAL SDNY_00008933 EFTA00033631
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE METROPOLITAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, NEW YORK, NY DAILY LIEUTENANT'S LOG SHIFT-DAY-DATE: E/W - Saturday, August 3, 2019 Beginning Count: 761 SHU:77/ 5 E'/Vg Daily Sensitive Information. I/M I/M Melendez *85799-054 at Local Hosp w/USMS Guards. I/M Benjamin #86463-054 on Psych Obs. w/inmate companion TIME CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS B/C SHU 4:00 PM Lieutenant assumes duties as the Evening Watch Operations Lieutenant. Unable to conduct PREA announcement over the Institution Public Address System, due to, system malfunction. Restraint Equipment Cage inventory conducted. All equipment accounted for. Metal Detector checks conducted. All operative w/the exception of Rear Gate. Roof Check completed. All secure. Temporary Chit Inventory: #1:0; #2:0; #3:0; #4:0; #5:1; #6:0; 761 77/5 4:00 PM Institution count in progress. 4:01 PM NYPD Phone Check #2031 4:03 PM Body Alarm testing in progress. 4:14 PM Body alarm testing completed. 4:37 PM Good verbal announced. 4:51 PM Clear institutional count. 761 77/5 6:00 PM Watch call in progress 6:37 PM +1 Hospital return; I/M Melendez #85799-054 762 77/5 8:01 PM Trash run in progress 8:40 PM Trash run complete 10:00 PM Institutional count in progress. 10:25 PM Good verbal count announced. 10:29 PM Clear institutional count announced. 762 77/5 12:00 AM continues duties as the M/W Lieutenant. 762 77/5 VISITING: INMATES ADULTS CHILDREN TOTAL STG/High Alert phone calls monitored: WITSEC inquiry(a) was/were received during my tour of duty: 0 The following /nmate(s) were placed in Administrative Detention: 0 NAME REG NUMBER REASON UNIT TIME A/D ORDER Ops. Lt. Act. Lt. Ending Count:762 ; SHU: 77; 10-South: 05; SHU OBS: 00; Local Hosp: 00; H/A OBS: 01; B/A OBS: 00; Dry Cell: 00; B/A SHU: 00 CONFIDENTIAL SDNY_00008934 EFTA00033632