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MCC Suicide Watch Records and Protocols (July-August 2019)

Bureau of Prisons records and DOJ Inspector General findings related to the suicide watch protocols applied to Jeffrey Epstein at the Metropolitan Correctional Center between July and August 2019, including the decision to remove him from suicide watch six days before his death.

August 10, 2019Bureau of Prisons / DOJ Inspector General

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Records documenting Epstein's placement on and removal from suicide watch at MCC. After being found semi-conscious with marks on his neck on July 23, Epstein was placed on suicide watch but removed approximately six days later. The DOJ IG found that the decision to remove him was made without adequate psychological evaluation and contributed to the conditions that preceded his death on August 10, 2019.