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This legal document details the circumstances of inmate Epstein's housing at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) leading up to August 9-10, 2019. It notes his transfer to the Special Housing Unit (SHU) on July 30, 2019, with a requirement for a cellmate, a directive that was not followed after his cellmate was transferred out on August 9. The document identifies defendant TOVA NOEL and another officer, 'Officer-1', as being on duty in the SHU during the evening and night of August 9.

People (3)

Name Role Context
Epstein Inmate
Subject of special housing procedures at the MCC, including being transferred to the SHU, requiring a cellmate, and b...
TOVA NOEL Defendant, Assigned Officer
Identified as one of the assigned correctional officers on duty in the SHU from 4 p.m. on August 9, 2019, to 8 a.m. o...
Officer-1 Officer
An unnamed officer on duty with Tova Noel in the SHU, assigned to work from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. on August 9, 2019.

Organizations (1)

Name Type Context
MCC Correctional facility
Metropolitan Correctional Center where Epstein was an inmate. The document details its procedures, staff, and specifi...

Timeline (5 events)

2019-07-30
Epstein was transferred from the hospital wing back to the Special Housing Unit (SHU).
MCC
Epstein MCC staff
2019-08-09
Epstein's cellmate was transferred out of the MCC at approximately 8 a.m.
MCC
Epstein's cellmate
2019-08-09
Despite a direction from psychological staff, no new cellmate was assigned to Epstein's cell after his previous one was transferred out.
SHU, MCC
Epstein MCC staff
2019-08-09
TOVA NOEL began her shift as an assigned officer on duty in the SHU at 4 p.m. on August 9, 2019, scheduled to end at 8 a.m. on August 10, 2019.
SHU, MCC
2019-08-09
An officer designated "Officer-1" was on duty in the SHU from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.
SHU, MCC

Locations (3)

Location Context
MCC
The location where all described events take place.
Where inmates under psychological observation are housed and watched twenty-four hours a day.
SHU
Special Housing Unit where Epstein was transferred on July 30, 2019, and where the events of August 9-10, 2019, occur...

Relationships (3)

Epstein Inmate relationship Unnamed cellmate
The document states that on August 9, 2019, 'Epstein's cellmate was transferred out of the MCC'.
TOVA NOEL Professional (Correctional Officer/Inmate) Epstein
Tova Noel was one of the assigned officers on duty in the SHU, responsible for ensuring the safety of inmates, including Epstein.
TOVA NOEL Professional (Colleagues) Officer-1
The document states that 'two other officers were on duty with NOEL in the SHU', one of whom was designated 'Officer-1'.

Key Quotes (1)

"Officer-1"
Source
— Narrator/Document Author (Used as a designation for an unnamed officer who was on duty with Tova Noel in the SHU.)
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Case 1:19-cr-00830-AT Document 1 Filed 11/19/19 Page 7 of 20
observation, until July 30, 2019. Psychological observation is less restrictive than suicide watch, but inmates are still housed in the hospital wing of the MCC and watched twenty-four hours a day.
13. On July 30, 2019, Epstein was transferred back to the SHU, and, at the direction of the MCC's psychological staff, was required to have an assigned cellmate. Epstein was also assigned to the cell closest to the correctional officers' desk in the common area of the SHU, which was approximately fifteen feet from the cell. Conducting the required institutional counts and thirty-minute rounds in the SHU were also part of the MCC's procedures for ensuring the safety of inmates, including Epstein.
EVENTS OF AUGUST 9-10, 2019
14. On August 9, 2019, Epstein's cellmate was transferred out of the MCC in a routine, pre-arranged transfer at approximately 8 a.m. Despite the MCC's psychological staff's direction that Epstein have a cellmate, no new cellmate was assigned to Epstein's cell.
15. TOVA NOEL, the defendant, was one of the assigned officers on duty in the SHU from 4 p.m. on August 9, 2019 to 8 a.m. on August 10. From 4 p.m. to 12 a.m., two other officers were on duty with NOEL in the SHU: one officer was assigned to work from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. ("Officer-1"), and one officer was
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