Federal Jail Guards' Misconduct and Negligence Led to Jeffrey Epstein's Suicide, Watchdog Report Finds
The Justice Department's watchdog has found that a "combination of negligence, misconduct and outright job performance failures" by the federal Bureau of Prisons and workers at the New York City jail enabled Jeffrey Epstein to take his own life in August 2019. The report blamed numerous factors for Epstein's death, including the jail's failure to assign him a cellmate and overworked guards who lied on logs after failing to make regular checks. The report also revealed new details about Epstein's behavior in the days before his death, including that he signed a new last will and testament while meeting with his lawyers two days before he was found unresponsive in his cell.
- Misconduct by federal jail guards led to Jeffrey Epstein's suicide, Justice Department watchdog says The Associated Press
- Report on Epstein's Death Finds Errors and Mismanagement at Manhattan Jail The New York Times
- 'Serious failures' by jail staff allowed Epstein suicide: probe Yahoo News
- 'Significant misconduct' found at prison where Jeffrey Epstein died, inspector general report finds POLITICO
- Jeffrey Epstein's Suicide Underscores Negligence in Federal Prisons, Watchdog Finds The Wall Street Journal
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