What is document EFTA00036136?

This is a Federal Bureau of Prisons internal memorandum from the Facilities Manager at Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) New York to the Warden, dated August 13, 2019, documenting CCTV recording system failures and FBI evidence collection during the weekend of Jeffrey Epstein's death.

Who is mentioned in this document?

The document mentions MCC facilities and technical staff (some names redacted), Steve Smith and Jeff McKenzie from Signet Technologies (the CCTV contractor), FBI agents who collected evidence, and Northeast Regional Bureau of Prisons staff. Jeffrey Epstein is not mentioned by name but the timing corresponds to his death on August 10, 2019.

What does this document reveal?

The document reveals that the CCTV recording system at MCC New York experienced a critical failure on August 10, 2019—the day Jeffrey Epstein died in his cell. The FBI seized all hard drives from the surveillance system as evidence while prison staff worked to restore recording capabilities. This technical failure became a significant point of scrutiny in investigations of Epstein's death, as working cameras outside his cell would have provided crucial evidence of what occurred that morning.

What is document EFTA00036136?

This is a Federal Bureau of Prisons internal memorandum from the Facilities Manager at Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) New York to the Warden, dated August 13, 2019, documenting CCTV recording system failures and FBI evidence collection during the weekend of Jeffrey Epstein's death.

Who is mentioned in this document?

The document mentions MCC facilities and technical staff (some names redacted), Steve Smith and Jeff McKenzie from Signet Technologies (the CCTV contractor), FBI agents who collected evidence, and Northeast Regional Bureau of Prisons staff. Jeffrey Epstein is not mentioned by name but the timing corresponds to his death on August 10, 2019.

What does this document reveal?

The document reveals that the CCTV recording system at MCC New York experienced a critical failure on August 10, 2019—the day Jeffrey Epstein died in his cell. The FBI seized all hard drives from the surveillance system as evidence while prison staff worked to restore recording capabilities. This technical failure became a significant point of scrutiny in investigations of Epstein's death, as working cameras outside his cell would have provided crucial evidence of what occurred that morning.

EFTA00036136

This is an internal Federal Bureau of Prisons memorandum dated August 13, 2019, documenting the failure and recovery of CCTV recording equipment at Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) New York during the weekend Jeffrey Epstein died.

The memo describes how surveillance camera recorder 2 stopped recording on August 10, 2019—the day Epstein was found unresponsive in his cell. The FBI seized all 18 hard drives (including 2 failing drives) as evidence while staff attempted repairs. The document details coordination with Signet Technologies to restore camera recording capabilities and FBI agents' requests for assistance downloading footage from the old equipment. The timing and technical failures documented here became significant evidence in investigations of Epstein's death.

Key Highlights

•CCTV recorder 2 failed to record on August 10, 2019, the day of Jeffrey Epstein's death at MCC New York
•FBI seized all 18 hard drives from the surveillance system, including 2 malfunctioning drives that were being replaced
•Technical staff coordinated with contractor Signet Technologies to restore recording capabilities while FBI agents worked to extract existing footage
•The memo documents the chain of custody and technical issues with the surveillance system during a critical period

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NI O kl U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Metropolitan Correctional Center MEMORANDUM FOR FROM: SUBJECT: 150 Park Row New York, New York 10007 August 13, 2019 WARDEN FACILITIES MANAGER CAMERA PROJECT / RECORDERING On Saturday August 10, 2019 I was informed that there was no recording of the closed circuit cameras (CCTV) from recorder 2 (Nice). I had Electronic Technician see about getting the recorder operational again by replacing the two (2) hard drivers and start the rebuilding process. Mr. called Signet Technologies to make sure what he was doing was correct and not going to make the problem worse. As the process of the rebuilding of the records the FBI came to the institution to retrieve all video needed. They took all eighteen (18) hard drives, two bad ones that were being replaced and the sixteen (16) that were in the RAID. While this was happening I made phone calls to Steve Smith from Signet Technologies to see about getting a technician from Signet to come to the institution to get the new CCTV equipment up and recording. On Sunday August 11, 2019 Steve Smith called me back and informed me that a technician will be on site Monday afternoon, Mr. Smith informed me to get Mr. to get all the new equipment on the racks and ready for when Jeff McKenzie arrives. On Monday August 12, 2019 Jeff McKenzie from Signet arrived and started to look at the existing and new equipment with Mr. . While they were looking the FBI came back and had question on how the system worked and information about the old equipment. Mr. McKenzie assisted with them on how to download what they were asking for. Since it was taking so long to download the Agents left and would return the next day to pick up what was downloaded. On Tuesday August 13, 2019 I had a teleconference with Signet Technli•eve Smith, Jeff McKenzie, Northeast Regional Staff MCC staff and myself to figure the best and fastest way to get the recording of cameras at the institution. During the conversation of what took place we found out that when the FBI took the sixteen (16) hard drives out of the RAID without it finishing the rebuild it might have corrupted any data on the drives. Signet also told us that they would be able to get us recording of the operational cameras by August 14, 2019. EFTA00036136