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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department’s watchdog said Tuesday that a “combination of negligence and misconduct” enabled financier Jeffrey Epstein to take his own life at a<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-blamed-on-jail-guard-negligence-and-misconduct-justice-department-watchdog/">Read More</a>
Jeffrey Epstein, despite his high profile and a jail suicide attempt two weeks earlier, was left alone in his cell with a surplus of bed linens. Nearly all the surveillance cameras on his unit didn't record. One worker was on duty for 24 hours straight.
The report comes nearly four years after Jeffrey Epstein took his own life while awaiting trial on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges.
The workers assigned to guard Epstein were sleeping and shopping online instead of checking on him every 30 minutes
The Justice Department’s watchdog says “a combination of negligence and misconduct” enabled financier Jeffrey Epstein to take his own life at a federal jail in New York City while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges