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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Document Information

Type: Email chain / media inquiry
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Summary

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).

People (5)

Name Role Context
Charisma Edge Recipient
BOP official receiving the forwarded email
James Petrucci Recipient
BOP official receiving the forwarded email
Marti Licon-Vitale Recipient
BOP official receiving the forwarded email
Jeffrey Epstein Subject (Deceased)
Referenced in media questions regarding his suicide and conditions at MCC
Redacted Name (Reporter) Journalist
Reporter for NY Daily News submitting questions

Organizations (5)

Name Type Context
NY Daily News
Media outlet submitting the inquiry
Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
Government agency responding to the inquiry
MCC NY
Metropolitan Correctional Center New York, the facility in question
AFG
Organization mentioned by reporter (likely American Federation of Government Employees/Union)
Public Information Office
BOP department handling the response

Timeline (3 events)

2019/12/06
Media inquiry regarding MCC conditions post-Epstein
Email correspondence
BOP Staff NY Daily News Reporter
Prior to 2019/12/06
Epstein's suicide
MCC NY
Prior to 2019/12/06
Falsification of documents charges
MCC NY
BOP Guards (Redacted)

Locations (3)

Location Context
Correctional facility in Manhattan
Location of MCC
Region mentioned in statistical question

Relationships (2)

Charisma Edge Colleagues James Petrucci
Recipients on the same email thread within BOP
NY Daily News Reporter Media/Press Relation BOP Public Information Office
Reporter submitting questions to the office

Key Quotes (6)

"The thrust of the story is that morale has plummeted at the facility in the wake of the falsification of documents charges."
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"Has any money been allocated for improving MCC as a facility since Epstein's death?"
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Quote #2
"Has there been a hiring surge since Epstein's suicide?"
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Quote #3
"Any changes in BOP policies following Epstein's suicide?"
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Quote #4
"Is it correct that [Redacted] were responsible for roughly 50 to 70 inmates the night of the suicide?"
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Quote #5
"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"
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Quote #6

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FW: UPDATE: Media inquiry - due today - NY Daily News - re: conditions at MCC NY
post-Epstein
From (b)(6); (b)(7)(C)
To Charisma Edge, James Petrucci, Marti Licon-Vitale
Date 2019/12/06 16:17
Subject: FW: UPDATE: Media inquiry - due today - NY Daily News - re:
conditions at MCC NY post-Epstein
Attachments: TEXT.htm
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: (b)(6); (b)(7)(C) @bop.gov>
Date: 12/6/19 3:34 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: (b)(6); (b)(7)(C) @bop.gov>
Cc: (b)(6); (b)(7)(C) @bop.gov>
Subject: UPDATE: Media inquiry - due today - NY Daily News - re: conditions at MCC NY post-Epstein
>> (b)(6); (b)(7)(C) 12/06/2019 15:34 >>>
(b)(6); (b)(7)(C)
Here is an updated version for the moment
Reporter:
(b)(6); (b)(7)(C) - NY DAILY NEWS
Questions & Proposed Responses:
Hello, I'm working on a story about morale at MCC in Manhattan in the wake of charges against (b)(6); (b)(7)(C) I've spoken to an AFG
The thrust of the story is that morale has plummeted at the facility in the wake of the falsification of documents charges. Morale was already bad because
(1) Has any money been allocated for improving MCC as a facility since Epstein's death?
(b)(5)
(2) Has there been a hiring surge since Epstein's suicide?
(b)(5)
(3) Any changes in BOP policies following Epstein's suicide?
(b)(5)
(4) Is it correct that (b)(6); (b)(7)(C) were responsible for roughly 50 to 70 inmates the night of the suicide?
(b)(5)
(5) What is the attrition rate for BOP correctional officers? What's the average length of time a person stays in the job? (NYC-area would be best if it's a
(b)(5) (b)(6)
(6) 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
(b)(5)
(b)(6); (b)(7)(C)
Public Information Office
Federal Bureau of Prisons
(202) 353-(b)(6); (b)(7)(C)
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