MCC Intake Records: Epstein Processing
From: Metropolitan Correctional Center, New YorkTo: Bureau of Prisons Records
MCCIntakeProcessing
MCC INTAKE RECORDS — JEFFREY EPSTEIN
Facility: Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York, NY
Intake Date: July 8, 2019 (following initial court appearance)
PROCESSING RECORDS:
- Standard intake screening and medical evaluation
- Classification assessment
- Housing assignment (general population initially)
- Property inventory
- Medical history intake
- Psychological screening
INITIAL CLASSIFICATION:
- High-profile inmate designation
- Special security considerations
- Media attention protocols activated
- Separated from general population after initial period
The intake records document the beginning of Epstein's federal detention, which would end with his death 33 days later.
Source: Bureau of Prisons FOIA
Available at: https://www.justice.gov/epstein
Part of a Curated Collection
The Epstein Case in 2019
The year 2019 was the most consequential in the Epstein case. In July, Epstein was arrested by the FBI on federal sex trafficking charges in the Southern District of New York. He was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on August 10, 2019, in a death ruled a suicide by the medical examiner but disputed by independent pathologist Dr. Michael Baden. The documents from 2019 are among the most extensive in the archive, including the indictment, bail hearing transcripts, autopsy reports, Bureau of Prisons records, and the beginning of the Maxwell investigation.
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