What is document EFTA00035056?

This is an internal U.S. government memorandum from the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York, dated August 2, 2019. It's a Daily Activity Report summarizing security incidents, staffing issues, and operational matters from August 1, 2019—just 9 days before Jeffrey Epstein's death at the same facility.

Who is mentioned in this document?

The document mentions several inmates by number being placed in the Special Housing Unit (SHU), including Jimenez, Reyes, Vega, Cooper, Ferrer, Dockery, Marat, and Guerrere. Staff mentioned include lieutenants from each watch shift (names redacted), as well as recipients including the Warden, Associate Wardens, Executive Assistant, Captain, and Department Heads. Paul Ryan and Perez appear in the entity list but their specific context in the document is unclear.

What does this document reveal about MCC security?

The document reveals serious security failures at MCC New York just days before Epstein's death. It describes broken food slot locks that posed 'a grave safety and security risk,' notes this was an 'ongoing problem' that had been reported before, and documents that inmates were sabotaging locks by stuffing them with paper and plastic spoons. The memo explicitly warns about dangers during Morning Watch when 'limited amount of staff available to respond to emergencies and no medical personnel.'

What does this document reveal about staffing shortages?

The document confirms severe staffing shortages at MCC New York across all three shifts. Multiple correctional assignments were listed as 'unassigned, due to, a shortage of staff,' including positions like 3-Sally Officer, SHU #4, 10-South #2, and Internal #2. This corroborates findings from the DOJ Inspector General's later investigation that staffing shortages were a systemic problem that contributed to Epstein's death.

Why is this document significant to the Epstein case?

This document provides contemporaneous evidence of the security failures and staffing shortages that the DOJ Inspector General would later identify as contributing to Epstein's death. Written 9 days before Epstein died, it shows MCC staff were explicitly documenting 'grave safety and security risks' and chronic understaffing—the same problems that allowed Epstein to go unmonitored for nearly 8 hours before he was found dead on August 10, 2019.

What is document EFTA00035056?

This is an internal U.S. government memorandum from the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York, dated August 2, 2019. It's a Daily Activity Report summarizing security incidents, staffing issues, and operational matters from August 1, 2019—just 9 days before Jeffrey Epstein's death at the same facility.

Who is mentioned in this document?

The document mentions several inmates by number being placed in the Special Housing Unit (SHU), including Jimenez, Reyes, Vega, Cooper, Ferrer, Dockery, Marat, and Guerrere. Staff mentioned include lieutenants from each watch shift (names redacted), as well as recipients including the Warden, Associate Wardens, Executive Assistant, Captain, and Department Heads. Paul Ryan and Perez appear in the entity list but their specific context in the document is unclear.

What does this document reveal about MCC security?

The document reveals serious security failures at MCC New York just days before Epstein's death. It describes broken food slot locks that posed 'a grave safety and security risk,' notes this was an 'ongoing problem' that had been reported before, and documents that inmates were sabotaging locks by stuffing them with paper and plastic spoons. The memo explicitly warns about dangers during Morning Watch when 'limited amount of staff available to respond to emergencies and no medical personnel.'

What does this document reveal about staffing shortages?

The document confirms severe staffing shortages at MCC New York across all three shifts. Multiple correctional assignments were listed as 'unassigned, due to, a shortage of staff,' including positions like 3-Sally Officer, SHU #4, 10-South #2, and Internal #2. This corroborates findings from the DOJ Inspector General's later investigation that staffing shortages were a systemic problem that contributed to Epstein's death.

Why is this document significant to the Epstein case?

This document provides contemporaneous evidence of the security failures and staffing shortages that the DOJ Inspector General would later identify as contributing to Epstein's death. Written 9 days before Epstein died, it shows MCC staff were explicitly documenting 'grave safety and security risks' and chronic understaffing—the same problems that allowed Epstein to go unmonitored for nearly 8 hours before he was found dead on August 10, 2019.

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An internal Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) New York daily activity report from August 2, 2019—just 9 days before Jeffrey Epstein's death—documenting security failures and critical staffing shortages in the facility where he was housed.

This government memorandum is a daily operations log for MCC New York dated August 2, 2019, summarizing security issues from August 1, 2019. The report documents broken food slot locks on housing units that the author describes as 'a grave safety and security risk to staff,' noting this was 'an ongoing problem' previously reported. Crucially, it reveals severe staffing shortages with multiple correctional posts left 'unassigned, due to, a shortage of staff' across all three shifts. The document also logs Special Housing Unit (SHU) placements and notes an inmate in outside hospital under USMS guard custody.

Key Highlights

•Documents 'grave safety and security risk' from broken food slot locks that inmates had sabotaged with paper and plastic spoons
•Reveals critical staffing shortages with multiple correctional posts unassigned across morning, day, and evening shifts
•Written just 9 days before Epstein's death at MCC New York, corroborating the systemic failures later documented by the DOJ Inspector General
•Notes the Special Housing Unit (SHU)—where Epstein was held—had multiple inmate placements during this period
•Warns that limited staff on Morning Watch means 'no medical personnel' available to respond to emergencies

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MEMORANDUM METROPOLITAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER New York, NY 10007 REPLY TO ATTN OF: August 02, 2019 , M/W Operations Lieutenant SUBJECT: Daily Activity Report TO: , Warden , Associate Warden (O) , Associate Warden (P) , Executive Assistant , Captain Lieutenants Departments Heads Daily Activity as communicated or documented by the Operations Lieutenant for August 01, 2019, was received and/or reviewed. The following information was noted. Morning Watch Shift: Lt. reported Numerous food slots were food slots on unit 5-South unsecured. unable to be secured, due to, hinge malfunction or inmates stuffing locking mechanism with paper/plastic spoons. This is an ongoing problem, which has been reported previously via email upon being discovered on various other units. Open food slots presents a grave safety and security risk to staff operating the housing units especially on Watch when we have a limited amount of staff available to to emergencies and no medical personnel. I/M's Jimenez 054, Reyes 179102-054, Vega #79099-054, placed on the Special Unit Pend SIS. Morning respond #79466- Housing Day Watch Shift: Lt. reported I/M's Cooper #92299-054(Code #113), Ferrer #79793-054(Code #108), Dockery #60685-050 (Code #331), Marat #76003- 054 (Code #312), placement on the Special Housing Unit. Correctional assignments 3-Sally Officer, SHU #4, 10-South #2, unassigned, due to, a shortage of staff. EFTA00035056

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Evening Watch Shift: Lt. reported I/M Guerrere #44543-054 (Pend Class) placement on the Special Housing Unit. Correctional assignments Internal #2, SHU #4, unassigned, due to, a shortage of staff. INMATES IN OUTSIDE HOSPITAL/SUICIDE WATCH/FURLOUGH/DRY CELL: at Local Hosp. w/USMS Guards I/M T on Psych Obs. w/inmate companion NEW ADMISSIONS TO MCC New York: Alamo #70105-050 Binns #67290-054 Gonzalez #87064-054 Guerrero #44543-054 Jimenez #87067-054 Nieves #86340-054 Niftalijev #87066-054 Ryan #34249-045 RELEASED FROM MCC NEW YORK: Diaz #78018-054 Gupta #84831-054 Perez #86198-054 Torres #85896-054 Webster #39715-013 ADMISSIONS TO THE SPECIAL HOUSING UNIT: Jimenez #79466-054 (Pend SIS) Reyes #79102-054 Vega #79099-054 Cooper #92299-054 (Code #113) Ferrer #79793-054 (Code #108) Dockery #60685-050 (Code #331) Marat #76003-054 (Code #312) Guerrere #44543-054 (Pend Class) TOTAL NUMBER OF CELLS IN SHU THAT ARE PRESENTLY TRIPLE BUNKED: None MISSING FIRE AND SECURITY REPORT: SIS Office Video Monitoring Attorney Conference 2 Sallyport Central Tool Room Recreation Education Facilities Shops EFTA00035057

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MISSING EQUIPMENT INVENTORY FORM: Lobby 2 Sallyport Roof Recreation THE FOLLOWING LEAVE WAS UTILIZED: FURLOUGH: ANNUAL LEAVE: SICK LEAVE: OFFICIAL TIME: SUSPENSION: FFLA: FMLA : COP: AWOL: ADVANCE LEAVE: THE FOLLOWING OVERTIMES WERE HIRED: E-1 OVERTIME: Number of staff = 26 E-1 COMPTIME: Number of staff = 03 60-Q OVERTIME(USM MEDICAL): Number of Staff = 02 B-2 OVERTIME: Number of Staff = 00 O9D OVERTIME(SPECIAL): Number of Staff = 0C XXX OVERTIME(AIRLIFT): Number of Staff = 0C 87S OVERTIME(TREATY TRANS): Number of Staff = 0C LWOP: ADMIN LEAVE: 00 COMP TIME: 00 TRAINING: 00 GLYNCO: 00 LWOP(M): 03 TOA: EPO: TRAVEL: 30 Hours = 189.30 Hours = 18.30 Hours = 10.00 Hours = 00.00 Hours = 00.00 Hours = 00.00 Hours = 00.00 EFTA00035058