This document is an internal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) email chain dated December 6, 2019, coordinating a response to a media inquiry from the NY Daily News. The reporter asks six specific questions regarding facility conditions, staff morale, hiring practices, and policy changes at MCC New York following Jeffrey Epstein's suicide and subsequent charges against guards for falsifying documents. The proposed responses to these questions are entirely redacted under exemption (b)(5).
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Charisma Edge | Recipient |
BOP official receiving the forwarded email
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| James Petrucci | Recipient |
BOP official receiving the forwarded email
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| Marti Licon-Vitale | Recipient |
BOP official receiving the forwarded email
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Subject (Deceased) |
Referenced in media questions regarding his suicide and conditions at MCC
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| Redacted Name (Reporter) | Journalist |
Reporter for NY Daily News submitting questions
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| Name | Type | Context |
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| NY Daily News |
Media outlet submitting the inquiry
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| Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) |
Government agency responding to the inquiry
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| MCC NY |
Metropolitan Correctional Center New York, the facility in question
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| AFG |
Organization mentioned by reporter (likely American Federation of Government Employees/Union)
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| Public Information Office |
BOP department handling the response
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"The thrust of the story is that morale has plummeted at the facility in the wake of the falsification of documents charges."Source
"Has any money been allocated for improving MCC as a facility since Epstein's death?"Source
"Has there been a hiring surge since Epstein's suicide?"Source
"Any changes in BOP policies following Epstein's suicide?"Source
"Is it correct that [Redacted] were responsible for roughly 50 to 70 inmates the night of the suicide?"Source
"Can you share anything supervisors at MCC have told the rank and file in the wake of these charges? What's the message to overworked, disgruntled"Source
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