Event Details

August 12, 2019

Description

Issuance of directive barring specific staff from the Special Housing Unit (SHU) at MCC New York, two days after Jeffrey Epstein's death.

Participants (3)

Name Type Mentions
Redacted Staff person 4 View Entity
Lieutenants person 22 View Entity
Captain person 30 View Entity

Source Documents (1)

EFTA00036320.pdf

Email • 29.3 KB
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An email dated August 12, 2019 (two days after Jeffrey Epstein's death) from a Captain at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) to Lieutenants. The email instructs that specific staff members (names redacted) are prohibited from entering, working in, or being assigned to the Special Housing Unit (SHU) until further notice. This directive likely pertains to the correctional officers on duty during Epstein's suicide.

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Event Metadata

Type
Unknown
Location
Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York
Significance Score
5/10
Participants
3
Source Documents
1
Extracted
2025-12-26 03:31

Additional Data

Source
EFTA00036320.pdf
Date String
2019-08-12

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