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Lee Plourde
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Watch: Lee Plourde in the Epstein files
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Lee Plourde was the Executive Assistant and Public Information Officer at the Bureau of Prisons' Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York. He was the named media contact on the August 10, 2019 press release announcing Jeffrey Epstein's death, and the files show him handling press inquiries about it. He is a professional, institutional figure, not a social associate of Epstein.
Plourde appears in the files as a Bureau of Prisons staff member working at 150 Park Row. His name is on the August 10, 2019 "Inmate Death at the MCC New York" release, which appears in many copies across the government records. He is also in the header of dozens of BOP emails: 38 of the 148 documents show him in the From/To/Cc line. Most of those emails are about media inquiries, internal notifications and BOP administration. 101 of the 148 documents are emails, and 24 are government records.
Key Highlights
- •The August 10, 2019 press release, "Inmate Death at the MCC New York," lists Plourde as the contact and Public Information Officer, with the number (646) 836-6300. Copies appear in many government and medical records.
- •Plourde's emails show him forwarding and replying to press inquiries from outlets including TMZ (autopsy results), News 12, the NY Daily News (conditions at MCC New York after Epstein's death) and Fox News. He also corresponded with a Washington Post reporter, Matt Zapotosky, on August 10, 2019. In one July 25, 2019 reply he wrote "Thank you. We are not commen..." (the text is cut off in the file).
- •He appears in emails on July 18, 2019 with Associate Warden Charisma Edge, Lamine N'Diaye and Shirley Skipper-Scott under a subject line naming Epstein and his registration number, 76318-054. He also exchanged messages with James Petrucci and Marti Licon-Vitale, including an August 14, 2019 thread titled "Jeffrey Epstein 19 er 490."
- •On August 1, 2019, MCC Chief of Psychology Elissa Miller emailed Plourde under the subject "Re Epstein." In the thread, she says "For who? We need a HIPPA." An investigation index describes the email as concerning "Epstein notes." The files do not show here what Plourde wanted the notes for.
- •A legal filing lists him as "Executive Assistant Lee Plourde" in a roster of MCC and BOP personnel, alongside the associate wardens, the Chief of Psychology, a captain and a supervisory attorney. A separate interview transcript has staff discussing who escorted Epstein to the hospital. One speaker says that is usually the Executive Assistant, "so it should have been Lee Plourde." That is staff speculation, and the files shown do not confirm it.
- •A June 2020 email says Plourde "handles the finalizing of the supplements" to BOP program statements, which shows his routine administrative role. A staff notice also names him as the person employees must refer media questions to.
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Document Mentions (20 of 148)
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artment of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Metropolitan Correctional Center New York, New York For Immediate Release August 10, 2019 Contact: Lee Plourde Public Information Officer (646) 836-6300 Inmate Death at the MCC New York New York, NY: On Saturday, August 10, 2019, at approximately 6:30 a.m.
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ce those topics. 1. We received unsigned Word versions of Program Statements 5511.08 and 5500.13. Are there finalized versions? Executive Assistant Lee Plourde handles the finalizing of the supplements. He's on leave and will address this upon his return on Monday, June 29, 2020. 2. Why were we given the B
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artment of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Metropolitan Correctional Center New York, New York For Immediate Release August 10, 2019 Contact: Lee Plourde Public Information Officer (646) 836-6300 Inmate Death at the MCC New York New York, NY: On Saturday, August 10, 2019, at approximately 6:30 a.m.
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ce those topics. 1. We received unsigned Word versions of Program Statements 5511.08 and 5500.13. Are there finalized versions? Executive Assistant Lee Plourde handles the finalizing of the supplements. He's on leave and will address this upon his return on Monday, June 29, 2020. 2. Why were we given the B
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ce those topics. 1. We received unsigned Word versions of Program Statements 5511.08 and 5500.13. Are there finalized versions? Executive Assistant Lee Plourde handles the finalizing of the supplements. He's on leave and will address this upon his return on Monday, June 29, 2020. 2. Why were we given the B
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ce those topics. 1. We received unsigned Word versions of Program Statements 5511.08 and 5500.13. Are there finalized versions? Executive Assistant Lee Plourde handles the finalizing of the supplements. He's on leave and will address this upon his return on Monday, June 29, 2020. 2. Why were we given the B
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artment of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Metropolitan Correctional Center New York, New York For Immediate Release August 10, 2019 Contact: Lee Plourde Public Information Officer (646) 836-6300 Inmate Death at the MCC New York New York, NY: On Saturday, August 10, 2019, at approximately 6:30 a.m.
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rtment of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Metropolitan Correctional Center New York, New York For Immediate Release August 10, 2019 Contact: Lee Plourde Public Information Officer (646) 836-6300 Inmate Death at the MCC New York New York, NY: On Saturday, August 10, 2019, at approximately 6:30 p.m.
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rtment of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Metropolitan Correctional Center New York, New York For Immediate Release August 10, 2019 Contact: Lee Plourde Public Information Officer (646) 836-6300 Inmate Death at the MCC New York New York, NY: On Saturday, August 10, 2019, at approximately 6:30 p.m.
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artment of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Metropolitan Correctional Center New York, New York For Immediate Release August 10, 2019 Contact: Lee Plourde Public Information Officer (646) 836-6300 Inmate Death at the MCC New York New York, NY: On Saturday, August 10, 2019, at approximately 6:30 a.m.
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ted August 10, 2019, from RD Ormond to , regarding timeline. 11. Email dated August 1, 2019, from Psychologist Elissa Miller to Executive Assistant Lee Plourde, regarding Epstein notes. 12. Email dated August 12, 2019, from Robert Nagle to regarding Psychological Reconstruction. 13. Email dated August 10
EFTA00059325.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00059325
150 Park Row New Y Office Fax Emai > » NERO Please I need this asap Thank you Original mess From: Elissa Miller Date: 8/1/19 7:47 • To: Lee Plourde Subject: Re Epstein > 8/1/2019 910 AM > » >» 'Elissa Miller 08/01/2019 0747 >> > For who? We need a HIPPA. Elissa R. Miller, Psy.D. Chief Psych
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EFTA00079829.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00079829
Bureau of Prisons Metropolitan Correctional Center New York, New York For Immediate Release August 10, 2019 Public Information Officer Contact: Lee Plourde Inmate Death at the MCC New York New York, NY: On Saturday, August 10, 2019, at approximately 6:30 a.m., inmate Jeffrey Edward Epstein was found u
EFTA00089865.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00089865
Page 1597 Re: Tartaglione 78514-054 From Lee Plourde To Adam Johnson Date 2019/12/19 11:08 Subject: Re: Tartaglione 78514-054 Attachments: TEXT.htm I will get with Cody on this. Thank you >>> A
EFTA00114414.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00114414
f 9 at the time? 9 members that they got to be the escorting 10 MR. : It's usually the Executive 10 staff. 11 Assistant so it should have been Lee Plourde. 11 MR. : Okay. Now, as far as 12 MR. : Okay. So, Lee Plourde? 12 Epstein going to the hospital, do you know when 13 MR. : Lee Plourde is t
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EFTA00120053.pdf
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drick Durant Jermaine Darden John Hodge Jolie Avena Jose Frias Joseph Columbo Julie Small Kari Schlessinger Kimberly Shivers Lamine N'Diaye Lee Plourde Leslie Square Read Read Response Pending Response Pending Response Pending Response Pending Response Pending Response Pending Response Pend
EFTA00122387.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00122387
ves: 1. As an employee, you can not speak to the media. Refrain from any remarks or statements. That is the duty of the Public Information Officer, Lee Plourde at 2. We have a lot of visitors in the institution. Have your credentials on you at all times. Additionally, if you're unsure of a person's identit
EFTA00122476.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00122476
U. S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Metropolitan Correctional Center New York, New York For Immediate Release Contact: Lee Plourde August 10, 2019 Public Information Officer Inmate Death at the MCC New York New York, NY: On Saturday, August 10, 2019, at approximately 6:30 a.m
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EFTA00139151.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00139151
artment of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Metropolitan Correctional Center New York, New York For Immediate Release August 10, 2019 Contact: Lee Plourde Public Information Officer (646) 836-6300 Inmate Death at the MCC New York New York, NY: On Saturday, August 10, 2019, at approximately 6:30 a.m.
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ye; (7) Associate Warden Shirley Skipper Scott; (8) Associate Warden Charisma Edge; (9) Associate Warden Brian Best; (10) Executive Assistant Lee Plourde; (11) Supervisory Attorney Nicole McFarland; 12) Captain Jermaine Darden; and (13) Chief of Psychology Elissa Miller. 45. Based on the scope
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PersonAmerican sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
141 docs141 co-mentions
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LocationStreet in Lower Manhattan, New York City
73 docs73 co-mentions
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OrganizationU.S. federal agency responsible for incarceration of federal inmates
62 docs62 co-mentions
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OrganizationMetropolitan Correctional Center, New York, federal detention facility where Jeffrey Epstein died on August 10, 2019
55 docs55 co-mentions
LN
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PersonPerson referenced in documents
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CE
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JP
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OrganizationUnited States Department of Justice, federal executive department responsible for law enforcement
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29 docs29 co-mentions
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OrganizationRestricted housing unit within the federal prison system
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PersonPerson referenced in documents
25 docs25 co-mentions
MC
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23 docs23 co-mentions
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22 docs22 co-mentions
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LocationLocation referenced in documents
20 docs20 co-mentions
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LocationCountry located primarily in North America
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