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Document DOJ-OGR-00025481

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Summary: An email exchange between BOP staff regarding a media inquiry from the NY Daily News about conditions at MCC NY post-Epstein, including a draft response to the reporter's questions about facility improvements, hiring surge, and policy changes.
Significance: This document reveals the Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) response to media inquiries about the conditions at MCC NY following Jeffrey Epstein's death, highlighting concerns about morale, staffing, and facility conditions.
Key Topics: MCC NY conditions post-Epstein Morale at MCC Manhattan BOP policies and reforms
Key People:
  • Jeffrey Epstein - Notable inmate whose suicide triggered the inquiry
  • (b)(6); (b)(7)(C) - Reporter from NY Daily News
Document Type
Email
Date
December 6, 2019
Pages
1
Folder
IMAGES009

Full Text

Media inquiry - due today - NY Daily News - re: conditions at MCC NY post-Epstein From (b)(6); (b)(7)(C) To (b)(6); (b)(7)(C) Date 2019/12/06 15:05 Subject: Media inquiry - due today - NY Daily News - re: conditions at MCC NY post-Epstein Attachments: TEXT.htm Here is a very rough draft for you and your staff to enhance if possible very quickly today. I can then run by (b)(6); (b)(7)(C) and my boss before I answer the reporter. Feel free to tell me if I've said more below from our conversation than may be appropriate to share with media. Thanks, (b)(6); (b)(7)(C) 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 AFGE union official and (b)(6); (b)(7)(C) defense attorney. The story will run over the weekend so I'd appreciate a response by COB today. 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 of staffing issues. The story will also note that the facility itself is in very bad shape and that, according to people I spoke to, there has not been a hiring surge or any major reforms in the wake of Jeffrey Epstein's suicide. (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)