EFTA00035781.pdf

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U.S. Department of Justice 
Federal Bureau of Prisons 
PROGRAM REVIEW DIVISION 
Washington. DC 20534 
November 19, 2024 
MEMORANDUM FOR 
ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL 
INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION 
FROM: 
External Auditing Branch 
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 (FBOP) appreciates the opportunity to provide a response to the Office 
of the Inspector General's above referenced memorandum received on August 28, 2024. The FBOP 
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. In a previous update, the 
BOP reported that RSD and CPD were collaborating on a memo to provide guidance to the field on a 
process to ensure psychologists make recommendations regarding housing, including the presence of 
a cellmate, for individuals in custody following suicide watch or psychological observation. The BOP 
further reported that this process will include exemptions based on individual or security 
considerations. In a February 2024 update, the BOP indicated that this guidance had been drafted and 
was under review. The BOP has now stated that the guidance is still under review. Accordingly, the 
OIG will consider whether to close this recommendation after the BOP (1) finalizes the guidance 
referenced in its update, and (2) provides the finalized guidance to the OIG for review. 
EFTA00035781


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