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requested to provide information.®© The BOP employees and contractors we interviewed included employees involved in various aspects of the emergency response, who worked at MCC New York in the days leading up to the response and following the response, as well as other individuals with information pertinent to our investigation. Additionally, the OIG participated in interviews of 15 inmates who had been housed at MCC New York during time periods relevant to our investigation, including three who were housed in the L Tier of the SHU on the day Epstein died.” Those three L-Tier inmates were housed in cells opposite Epstein’s cell and therefore had a direct line of sight to Epstein’s cell on the night of August 9-10. The OIG also reached out to one of Epstein’s attorneys to discuss the possibility of providing information, but ultimately the attorney declined to be interviewed, citing attorney-client privilege (the attorney-client privilege survives a client's death) and issues related to ongoing litigation involving Epstein’s estate. The OIG also collected over 127,000 documents, as well as MCC New York video and photographs. Among these were BOP documents, including staff rosters; daily logs and reports; investigative and incident reports; documentation regarding inmate counts and 30-minute rounds; inmate housing assignment documentation; inmate transfer documents; Psychology Department reports and medical records relating to Epstein; Epstein’s institutional phone call records; MCC New York records of Epstein’s visits with his attorneys; electronic communications, including text messages and emails of BOP employees and contractors; MCC New York security camera surveillance video; records from contractors regarding the MCC New York security camera system; service records for MCC New York's security camera system; MCC New York photographs, including photographs taken of efforts to revive Epstein on the morning of August 10, 2019; BOP policies and program statements; MCC New York Post Orders; and financial records. The OIG also conducted forensic analysis of the computers located in the SHU and BOP cellular telephones. In addition, the OIG reviewed FBI investigative records, including interview reports (FD-302), notes from witness interviews and other meetings, and electronic communications. The OIG also reviewed Epstein’s autopsy report and interviewed the Medical Examiner who performed the autopsy on Epstein. lll. Applicable Law, Regulations, and BOP Policies A. Standards of Conduct The Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch sets out general principles that are designed to “ensure that every citizen can have complete confidence in the integrity of the Federal Government.”® Among other things, these standards require that every federal employee “use official time & On a separate occasion, the relative contacted the OIG to say that the relative had “photographic proof” that the door to Epstein’s cell was left open the night Epstein died. When the OIG followed up with the relative to request copies of the photographs and any information regarding this allegation, the relative stated that upon further review, the photographs did not show what the relative previously communicated to the OIG. 7 The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York sought interviews from inmates housed in the L Tier of the SHU on the night that Epstein died, each of whom was represented by counsel. Three inmates agreed to be interviewed. The OIG does not have the authority to compel or subpoena testimony from individuals who are not DOJ employees. 8 5 C.F.R. 8 2635.101(a). DOJ-OGR- 00023374