EFTA00036006.pdf

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U.S. Department of Justice 
Federal Bureau of Prisons 
PROGRAM REVIEW DIVISION 
Washington. DC 20534 
March 21, 2025 
MEMORANDUM FOR 
ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL 
INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION 
FROM: 
upervisory Attorney 
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 or Bureau) appreciates the opportunity to provide a response to 
the Office of the Inspector General's above referenced memorandum received on December 22, 2024. 
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 
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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FBOP Response: As indicated in OIG's analysis of the Bureau's previous status update, the 
Bureau is in the process of revising Program Statement 5321.09, Unit Management and Inmate 
Program Review, to address the recommendation, and has indicated that these revisions must 
follow the normal policy development and Union negotiation process. Because revisions to 
Program Statements must follow the no…
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