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Epstein, and he said he told the second attorney that Epstein could not be housed without a cellmate because of his prior suicide attempt.
C. Removal on August 9 of Epstein's Cellmate from MCC New York
According to MCC New York reports, including the Daily Log and the Lieutenant's Log, on August 9, 2019, at approximately 8:38 a.m., Epstein's cellmate, Inmate 3, was "pre-removed" and transferred out of MCC New York in a routine, pre-arranged transfer. The Daily Log tracks inmate movements throughout MCC New York each day, while MCC New York Lieutenants utilize the Lieutenant's Log to document the daily activities that took place within the institution during their respective shifts.
The Supervisory Correctional Systems Specialist was the supervisor of Receiving and Discharge on August 9, 2019, and was responsible for overseeing all inmate movements in and out of the institution that day. The Supervisory Correctional Systems Specialist verified that Receiving and Discharge would have used the USMS emails sent on August 8, 2019, to coordinate Inmate 3's transfer out MCC New York, and since Inmate 3 was listed as "WAB" on the USMS emails, that meant he was being transferred from the facility and not coming back. She explained to the OIG that if Inmate 3 had been going to court, as many pretrial inmates held at MCC New York often did, the Daily Log would have reflected "court," rather than "pre-remove." Since the Daily Log listed Inmate 3 as "pre-remove," the Receiving and Discharge personnel who entered the information into the report were made aware that Inmate 3 was being transferred from MCC New York on or before the morning of August 9, 2019. The Supervisory Correctional Systems Specialist told the OIG that the language in the USMS emails ("WAB," i.e., "with all belongings") and MCC New York reports ("pre-removed") made it clear that Inmate 3 would not be returning to the SHU or MCC New York.
The OIG also interviewed the Correctional Systems Officer, who was the Receiving and Discharge officer who handled inmate movement in and out of MCC New York on August 9, 2019. The Correctional Systems Officer confirmed that the Daily Log reflected that Inmate 3 was "pre-removed" on August 9, 2019, at 8:38 a.m., because he was being officially moved from the institution to another prison. She explained to the OIG that the ordinary process was that Receiving and Discharge personnel would enter the information regarding Inmate 3 into SENTRY, along with information pertaining to other inmates who would be leaving their MCC New York housing units. Receiving and Discharge used this information to create the daily call out list, which had all of the inmates' names and times that they were to be moved. The Correctional Systems Officer told the OIG that the call out list from August 9, 2019, was no longer available because the call out lists were printed and hand-delivered to the housing units each day, and then discarded by the units at the end of the day. She also said each day's call out list was only maintained electronically for a 24-hour period, and then it was updated (overwritten) with the next day's list. In her OIG interview, the Correctional Systems Officer explained what would have occurred on this date based on her experience. Receiving and Discharge personnel would have printed copies of the call out list for August 9, 2019, which the MCC New York internal officer would distribute to the various housing units within the facility. Based on the other records reflecting Inmate 3's transfer, the Correctional Systems Officer said the call out list created for August 9, 2019, would have listed "WAB" next to Inmate 3's name, which meant that he was departing from the institution and not returning.
Correctional Officer (CO) 1 told the OIG that on the morning of August 9, 2019, he and Day Watch SHU Officer in Charge escorted Inmate 3 to Receiving and Discharge and Epstein to his legal visit.