The morning Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his Metropolitan Correctional Center cell, nearly every major jail protocol was broken. He was supposed to be checked every 30 minutes under suicide-watch procedures, yet the guards on duty failed to make their rounds for hours. His cellmate had been transferred out the night before and was never replaced, directly violating Bureau of Prisons policy that required Epstein to never be left alone. Both guards assigned to his unit were reportedly working extreme overtime shifts—one on their fifth consecutive day—and later admitted to falsifying log entries to make it look like they had conducted checks. Meanwhile, several of the security cameras near Epstein’s cell were malfunctioning, leaving investigators without clear footage of the crucial time window when he died.
When investigators arrived, they discovered the cell in complete disarray—evidence had been moved, and the body had already been removed before FBI agents could process the scene. Crime scene procedures weren’t followed, key documentation was missing, and autopsy findings later added to the controversy surrounding his death. The Inspector General’s report described a “cascade of failures,” from negligent oversight to ignored warnings, concluding that the Bureau of Prisons’ incompetence created the perfect environment for Epstein’s death to occur unchecked.
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