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right job performance failures documented in today's report all contributed to an environment in which arguably one of the most notorious inmates in the bop's custody was left unmonitored alone in his cell with excess prison linens there by providing him the opportunity to take his own life. >> epstein was found dead in his cell august 10th, 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. his cell mate was transferred out the day before that, despite warnings from prison psychologists that epstein not be left alone. while the report details how the suicide happened, sean, it does little to explain why so many mistakes were made on one night, allowing the accused sex trafficker with so many ties to the rich and powerful to effectively silence himself.
for failing to assign epstein a cellmate and the guards for failing to check on him every 30 minutes like they were supposed to, leaving epstein "unmonitored and locked alone in his cell for hours" before he was found dead. security cameras that might have provided more clues were not working. >> the combination of negligence, misconduct, and outright job performance failures documented in today's report all contributed to an environment in which arguably one of the most notorious inmates in the b.o.p.'s custody was left unmonitor and alone in his cell, providing him with the opportunity to take his own life. >> reporter: the guard who discovered epstein dangling from his bunk bed began chest compressions. you his partner overheard him saying, "breathe, epstein, breathe," and, "we're going to be in so much trouble." epstein's death has long been the subject of conspiracy theories, but the new report is definitive, david, epstein killed himself, nobody else was there, and the inspector general said something else. he said, the negligence, the misconduct, and the job