BOP Detention Records Overview: MCC FOIA

BUREAU OF PRISONS FOIA RELEASE — MCC DETENTION RECORDS Records related to Jeffrey Epstein's detention at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), New York. RECORDS INCLUDE: - Intake and classification records - Housing assignment documentation - Suicide watch placement and removal records - Medical screening records - Special housing unit documentation - Incident reports KEY TIMELINE: - July 6, 2019: Arrest and initial detention - July 23, 2019: Found injured in cell (circumstances disputed) - July 23-29, 2019: Placed on suicide watch - July 29, 2019: Removed from suicide watch - August 10, 2019: Found unresponsive, pronounced dead ISSUES IDENTIFIED: - Failure to provide assigned cellmate after July 23 incident - Two guards failed to perform required 30-minute checks - Guards later admitted to sleeping on duty - Surveillance cameras in area malfunctioned - Chronic understaffing at MCC SUBSEQUENT ACTIONS: - Two MCC guards charged with conspiracy and filing false records - Charges against guards subsequently dropped in a deferred prosecution agreement - MCC subsequently closed in 2021 due to deteriorating conditions Source: Bureau of Prisons FOIA Available at: https://www.justice.gov/epstein