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July 22, 2019 July 23, 2019 July 24, 2019 July 25-29, 2019 July 29, 2019 According to court records, Epstein files an appeal of the court's order denying Epstein pretrial release. At approximately 1:27 a.m., SHU staff hears noises coming from Epstein’s cell. Epstein’s cellmate (Inmate 1) says that Epstein has attempted to hang himself. SHU staff observes Epstein lying on the floor with a piece of orange cloth around his neck. Epstein initially tells MCC New York staff that his cellmate tried to kill him. Epstein’s cellmate (Inmate 1) tells MCC New York staff that while he was asleep, he felt something hit his legs and when he turned on the light, he saw Epstein with a string around his neck and called the guards."® Epstein is transferred out of the SHU and placed on suicide watch in a cell near the Psychology Department and Health Services Unit. Later that morning, Health Services Unit personnel conduct a medical assessment and observe that Epstein has a red mark two-thirds of the way around the front and sides of his neck. The BOP assesses Epstein for risk of suicide and determines that he should remain on suicide watch. At approximately 8:45 a.m., Epstein is removed from suicide watch but remains under psychological observation in the same cell near the Psychology Department and Health Services Unit. Medical staff examine Epstein at 1:08 p.m. and Psychological Services staff complete a Post Suicide Watch Report. In contrast to his prior statement that his cellmate tried to kill him, Epstein says he does not remember how he sustained the injuries to his neck. Epstein is seen by the Psychology Department daily and on each date adamantly denies suicidality or having any memory of what occurred on July 23, 2019. Psychology Department staff determine that Epstein can be released from psychological observation and transferred back to the SHU." 18 When interviewed by the OIG, another inmate housed in the same SHU tier (Inmate 2) at the time of the July 23 incident said he heard Inmate 1 call for assistance, and that Inmate 1 later told him that Epstein had tried to kill himself by hanging himself from the bunkbed ladder. 8 The investigation revealed that Epstein was originally scheduled to return to the SHU on July 29, 2019, but at his request he remained on psychological observation until July 30, 2019. The BOP’s SENTRY database, which is a BOP Continued 16 DOJ-OGR-00023383