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Document DOJ-OGR-00024438

AI Analysis

Summary: An email chain shows a journalist from Gothamist requesting comment on allegations of poor conditions at MCC, including mold, inadequate water temperature control, and mistreatment of prisoners. The recipient is cautioned about responding due to the media outlet's history of criticism towards the MCC and related entities.
Significance: This document reveals that a journalist was investigating and reporting on the poor conditions at MCC, including issues related to mold, water temperature, overcrowding, and mistreatment of prisoners, around the time of Jeffrey Epstein's detention.
Key Topics: Conditions at MCC (Metropolitan Correctional Center) Jeffrey Epstein Media request for comment
Key People:
  • Lamine N'Diaye - Recipient of the email, likely a public information officer or representative of the MCC or related agency
  • (b)(6), (b)(7)(C) - Journalist writing for Gothamist, requesting comment on conditions at MCC
Document Type
Email
Date
August 13, 2019
Pages
1
Folder
IMAGES009

Full Text

Fwd: MEDIA REQUEST: Epstein & conditions at MCC From NYM/Exec Assistant~ To (b)(6), (b)(7)(C) Lamine N'Diaye (b)(6), (b)(7)(C) Date 2019/08/13 12:21 Subject: Fwd: MEDIA REQUEST: Epstein & conditions at MCC Attachments: TEXT.htm (b)(6), (b)(7)(C) This is concerning as this media venue is the one that has been relentless with BRO and MCC in the past. Lee (b)(6), (b)(7)(C) @gmail.com> 8/13/2019 12:05 PM >>> Hi there, I'm writing a piece for the site Gothamist about conditions at MCC. See allegations below, compiled from defense attorneys, current prisoners and their loved ones. Please send comment ASAP if you would like to respond. Regards (b)(6), (b)(7)(C) - that some cells in the facility are covered in mold - that some cells in the facility have separate spouts for hot and cold water, making it impossible for prisoners to take showers at a reasonable temperature - that prisoners at MCC are treated with disdain. They "be lucky if they were treated like dirt under somebody else's shoe, but they're not even treated that well," said one lawyer - that overcrowding, understaffing and underresourcing are grave problems at the facility ("whether its people who are suicidal, people who need medical care, people who need psychiatric care, people who need spiritual guidance or religious accommodation, people who need programming, so they don't just get warehoused there - all of that is lacking.") - that in the spring of 2019, toilets on the women's floor at MCC flooded, and the women were forced to clean up the feces themselves -- Follow me on Twitter @(b)(6), (b)(7)(C) Check out my writing portfolio at (b)(6), (b)(7)(C).com, and/or get regular updates from me about my work by signing up here. Page 12876 DOJ-OGR-00024438