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Document DOJ-OGR-00025444

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Summary: This email contains a media inquiry from the NY Daily News regarding conditions at MCC NY post-Epstein, along with proposed responses from a BOP official. The inquiry covers topics such as facility improvements, hiring surges, policy changes, and staff morale.
Significance: This document reveals the BOP's response to media inquiries about the conditions at MCC NY following Epstein's death and the falsification of documents charges, providing insight into the BOP's communication strategy and potential concerns about morale and staffing.
Key Topics: NY Daily News media inquiry Conditions at MCC NY post-Epstein BOP policies and staffing
Key People:
  • [b(6); (b)(7)(C) - BOP official handling media inquiry
  • Jeffrey Epstein - Notable inmate whose death impacted MCC NY

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Page 1250 FW: UPDATE: Media inquiry - due today - NY Daily News - re: conditions at MCC NY post-Epstein From [b(6); (b)(7)(C) To Charisma Edge, James Petrucci, Marti Licon-Vitale Date 2019/12/06 16:17 Subject: FW: UPDATE: Media inquiry - due today - NY Daily News - re: conditions at MCC NY post-Epstein Attachments: TEXT.htm Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone ------- Original message ------- From: [b(6); (b)(7)(C) @bop.gov> Date: 12/6/19 3:34 PM (GMT-05:00) To: [b(6); (b)(7)(C) @bop.gov> Cc: [b(6); (b)(7)(C) @bop.gov> Subject: UPDATE: Media inquiry - due today - NY Daily News - re: conditions at MCC NY post-Epstein >>> [b(6); (b)(7)(C) 12/06/2019 15:34 >>> Here is an updated version for the moment Reporter: [b(6); (b)(7)(C) - NY DAILY NEWS Questions & Proposed Responses: Hello, I'm working on a story about morale at MCC in Manhattan in the wake of charges against [b(6); (b)(7)(C) . I've spoken to an AFG The thrust of the story is that morale has plummeted at the facility in the wake of the falsification of documents charges. Morale was already bad because (1) Has any money been allocated for improving MCC as a facility since Epstein's death? [b(5) (2) Has there been a hiring surge since Epstein's suicide? [b(5) (3) Any changes in BOP policies following Epstein's suicide? [b(5) (4) Is it correct that [b(6); (b)(7)(C) were responsible for roughly 50 to 70 inmates the night of the suicide? [b(5) (5) What is the attrition rate for BOP correctional officers? What's the average length of time a person stays in the job? (NYC-area would be best if it's a [b(6) [b(5) (6) Can you share anything supervisors at MCC have told the rank and file in the wake of these charges? What's the message to overworked, disgruntled [b(5) [b(6); (b)(7)(C) Public Information Office Federal Bureau of Prisons (202) 353 [b(6), (b)(7)(C) Page 3605 DOJ-OGR-00025444