EFTA00035776.pdf

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U.S. Department of Justice 
Federal Bureau of Prisons 
PROGRAM REVIEW DIVISION 
Washington. DC 20534 
June 30, 2025 
MEMORANDUM FOR 
ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL 
INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION 
FROM: 
Acting Section Chief 
External Audits, Planning, and Analysis Section 
SUBJECT: 
Status Update to the Office of Inspector General's (OIG) Final Report 
dated June 26, 2023: Investigation and Review of the Federal Bureau 
of Prisons' Custody, Care, and Supervision of Jeffrey Epstein at the 
Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, New York 
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) appreciates the opportunity to provide a response to the Office 
of the Inspector General's above referenced memorandum received on April 2, 2025. The Bureau has 
completed its review of the analysis and offers the following status update regarding the analysis and 
its recommendations. 
Recommendation One: The BOP should implement a process for assigning a cellmate 
following suicide watch or psychological observation, with criteria for exceptions based on 
the particular individual or security considerations. 
OIG Analysis: The BOP's update is responsive to the recommendation. The BOP has described 
the revisions it is making to Program Statement 5321.09 to address the recommendation. The 
BOP has indicated that these revisions must follow the normal BOP development and Union 
negotiation process. Accordingly, the OIG will consider whether to close this recommendation 
after the BOP (1) finalizes policy revisions referenced in its update, and (2) provides the 
finalized policy to the OIG for review. 
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BOP Response: As indicated in OIG's analysis of the BOP's previous status update, Program 
Statement 5321.09, Unit Management and Inmate Program Review, will be modified to address 
the recommendation. These revisions must follow the normal policy development and Union 
negotiation process. Because revisions to Program Statements must follow the normal BOP 
development and Union negotiat…

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