EFTA00036011.pdf

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U.S. Department of Justice 
Federal Bureau of Prisons 
PROGRAM REVIEW DIVISION 
Washington. DC 20534 
September 11, 2023 
MEMORANDUM FOR 
ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL 
INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION 
FROM: 
Sectio Chief 
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 Bureau of Prisons (BOP) appreciates the opportunity to provide a response to the Office of the 
Inspector General's above referenced memorandum received on June 26, 2023. The BOP has 
completed our review of the analysis and we offer 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. 
BOP's Response: Reentry Services Division (RSD) and Correctional Programs Division (CPD) 
are collaborating on a CEO 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. This process 
will include exemptions based on individual or security considerations. 
Recommendation Two: The BOP should establish procedures to ensure inmates at high risk for 
suicide and for whom a cellmate is recommended will continue to have a cellmate until the 
recommendation is changed or rescinded, including establishing a contingency plan for cellmate 
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re-assignment, with criteria for exceptions based on the particular individual or security 
considerations. 
BOP's Response: RSD and CPD are collaborating on a CEO memo to provide guidance to the 
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