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Polo sandoval with us now. epstein had previously been on suicide watch. we know that much. sources say he was not at the time of his death. is there any answer this morning as to why that is? >> reporter: not quite, at least not at this point here, christi and martin. that high security is behind me right there. when you look at the bureau of prison guidelines it's important to take note any inmate that exhibits a significant potential for suicide must be placed in a suicide prevention room. so that certainly begs the question here, did prison authorities here feel that he was no longer a thr...

Experience also with clients in mcc, and this is supposed to be one of the most important federal prisons really in the united states because this is where people await trial in the southern district of new york, terrorists, el chapo, cartel heads, you know, so many high profile defendants are in that facility at any given point in time that you expect security not only to be stiff, but also when somebody tries to commit suicide, they should be under 24-hour watch by prison authorities and this is an egregious lapse of security in what's supposed to be a very important federal facility, so i t...

He john walker qlindh is a perfect example of this. he has served his time and he should go free. his sentence is 20 years time off for good behavior. onceqq he's on the outside it still seems likely heçów3 has poisonous ideas. >> what can you do? oncejf you served your time you can't have a police car outside your house to see if you're engaged in terrorism. >> theñi letters i wrote to him and he wrote back are all being red by prison authorities. the government is well aware of his views. they'll be watching them as much as they can. he happens to be super famous, so it would bei harder f...

This is the beginning and we'll see when we can get the secretary back and continue oversight. >> i would like to see the numbers. congresswoman and jacob sober off. and that is all rachel maddow is here. >> john gotti died in prison after serving ten years of a life sentence for his convictions for five different murders. john gotti was the boss of the gambino crime family in the mafia. but before he died, while he was still in federal prison, one of the things that john gotti got tone joy -- got to enjoy in fed prison is that he fairly regular visits from members of his family and because th...

They are slow in responding and this is the beginning and we'll see when we can get the secretary back and continue oversight. >> i would like to see the numbers. congresswoman and jacob sober off. and that is all rachel maddow is here. >> john gotti died in prison after serving ten years of a life sentence for his convictions for five different murders. john gotti was the boss of the gambino crime family in the mafia. but before he died, while he was still in federal prison, one of the things that john gotti got tone joy -- got to enjoy in fed prison is that he fairly regular visits from memb...