Suicide-ed?

Why I Don't Believe That Epstein Committed Suicide

According to 60 Minutes, this was Jeffrey Epstein’s cell. This is where he spent his last days. Before I begin here, I want to start by saying that I do not know what the policies are of the prison in which he was being held, nor do I know what the state and/or federal policies are regarding how they handle suicide watches on inmates.

What I do know is what the policies are like where I used to work and I’ll be sharing why I don’t believe Epstein committed suicide as has been alleged by media and “official” sources. While I don’t believe he committed suicide, that doesn’t mean I automatically think he was murdered, though I do think it’s suspicious for a number of reasons and the cursory glance we got at things will never be enough to determine one way or the other but ruled out in my mind is the suicide allegation.

1. Documentation: Okay so basic documentation in a prison, in itself, is a complex process. Paperwork is a way of life in there. Everything is documented. Everything. Whether on video, in logbooks, reports of all types of varieties and inmate searches, it’s all documented to keep everything above board and to make sure it speaks to accountability. Let me tell you all something, falsifying documents, that’s grounds for staff being fired nearly immediately without a single bat of an eye. Where I worked, during the day, officers had to make rounds in their assigned dorm or cellblock at least once per hour, minimum. Those rounds needed to be staggered so that officers didn’t become complacent and predictable. That was an establishment of officer presence. Then, it was logged down in a logbook and this would go on for a 12-hour shift. They also had to perform at least two shakedowns, noting any contraband found, then that contraband would have to be documented and the inmate written up if not taken to the cellblock, depending on severity of the contraband found on him. This was a typical day. If nothing else took place, that is what an officer could expect at a minimum. At night, then everything ramps up a bit. Rounds were made every 30 minutes, staggered, of course. Then, officers were expected to perform anywhere from two to four shakedowns a night, complete with paperwork. If you’re wondering about that logbook, yes, even that had to be kept up to date as well. Considering that, there’s the question of suicide watches.

2. Suicide Watch: Suicide Watch was one of those extreme cases. In the case of a suicide watch, the inmate would have everything taken out of the cell. Everything. The only things allowed in the cell were a mattress. Even the bed frame itself was taken out of the cell. That left the mattress and the steel toilet/sink combo. That light would be kept on all day and all night and it was always a cell under the surveillance camera and that camera at the very least was always recording. Officers would have to check on the inmate every fifteen minutes and log that on top of their rounds, shakedowns, etc. The only thing that the inmate was allowed to wear was a tear-resistant paper gown. Later, as I understood it, that would be upgraded to the “turtle suit” which was basically a quilted garment that velcroed together and it didn’t tear and wasn’t exactly going to be any good for being used as a means of taking their own lives but, make no mistake, the inmate was always alone in that cell. The only people that could take the inmate off suicide watch were the medical staff after the inmate completed a full psych eval and the staff saw fit to end the suicide watch.

3. Extreme Suicide Watch: All that stuff you read in #2, well now you can upgrade that to officers sitting directly facing the cell at all times and a constant log being written with updates, if memory serves, every five to ten minutes. The entire point was to ensure that the inmate had no means or opportunity to go through with pronouncing themselves “living impaired.”

With just those last two elements alone, you can see just where something had to have happened here.

Let’s suppose for just one second, for the sake of argument, that Epstein had indeed began exhibiting some outward expression that worried staff just enough to place him on Suicide watch to begin with. Remember, everything in a correctional setting is documented and for good legal reasons. Those documents you keep that are a pain in the ass part of the job can come back to save you, your career and potentially, your own freedom. Again, they eject people permanently for falsifying documents, so no fudging a single entry, peeps. This is serious. So Epstein, being that he’s being accused of human sex trafficking, he’s going to do what inmates call “checking in.” That means he’s going to be requesting protective custody or going to segregation/solitary confinement because he’s not going to want trouble from anyone and, in prison, if you’re not sure how sex crimes are treated, then you might want to watch JD Delay explain that in this video.

From that, we can safely bet that Billionaire Jeff wasn’t about to walk the yard and mingle. So he checks into P.C. in order to stay safe. JD even explains what happens to sex offenders if they’re placed in someone’s cell. Let’s keep in mind, Epstein had already been convicted of sex offenses and sentenced to probation in 2008, a deal that was found to be illegal in 2019 because some of his victims weren’t consulted in the sentencing, a violation of the Crime Victims’ Rights Act.

So let’s keep facts in mind. He was already a registered sex offender, convicted, with a record. Now, he’s facing new sex offense charges. He’s been denied bail because he’s been labelled a flight risk and he’s seen in the eyes of the court as a threat to the community.

Personally, I’m going to say that paints some motive for suicide in there. Life was falling apart pretty quickly for Epstein. It’s not out of the realm of possibility but unlikely seeing as how he, most likely, would have been seeking protective custody.

So while there is motive, the means and opportunity should not have existed. Let’s scroll back up and get a good look at that photo again, then come back and I’ll tell you what is wrong with the scene and get into all of the issues that there are with the narrative.

Okay, first thing’s first, that’s a two-person cell. Typically, solitary confinement, it’s just what it says on the tin; solitary. That means you don’t get a cellmate. The double bunks kinda gives that away. Second problem, on July 24th, 2019, Epstein had recently been found in his cell, semiconscious with marks on his neck.  Reports weren’t clear on whether someone had done that to him or not but this event is what prompted the suicide watch. If he was attacked, Epstein wasn’t talking. Third, on August 10th of the same year, he was found unresponsive in his cell at 6:30 am. He was immediately rushed to the hospital where he was declared dead and his death ruled a suicide.

Now, let’s break something down here. At 5:30 am every morning, we turned on all the lights and blew the whistles to wake the inmates up during the week. On the weekends, the lights still came on at 5:30 am, however, we didn’t blow the whistles. Assuming that this particular institution works much like the one I did, that means that a full hour went by where either Epstein was alive and keep in mind, we checked every 15 minutes when on suicide watch, and then he found time between 6:15 am - 6:30 am and that’s when he decided to take his own life or, he was dead long before that and no one had been checking on him, documenting his state of well-being, in short, security wasn’t bypassed, it just simply wasn’t there.

That last statement couldn’t be any more true. It really wasn’t and that’s documented.

In fact, Epstein was supposed to be checked on every half hour, which, the last time he was checked was 10:30 pm on August 9th. That was it. Also, it was found that the correctional officers didn’t even perform the 10 pm count as they should have.

…uh oh. That’s gonna be a problem.

Okay let me explain something. When you’re a correctional officer, you have duties and responsibilities. Making rounds, doing shakedowns, enforcing the rules and posted policies, there’s kind of a reason, a damn good one, behind all of that. Inmates are essentially wards of the state at that point. That means that now the inmate must be taken care of. That means ensuring food, clothing, shelter, health, sanitary conditions just to name a few of those responsibilities. What happened was negligent at best.

The investigation itself was another matter. The cell was not preserved as a crime scene, photos of Epstein’s body were not taken, video of what happened under the surveillance cameras. You read that right. Two cameras, both of which “malfunctioned” at the same time on the same night and the respective cameras’ footage was deemed “unusable.” The Autopsy also reveals injuries more consistent with a murder, depending on who you talk to.

The warden was reassigned, the two officers were brought up on charges of conspiracy and filing false reports and those charges were dismissed. They still had to perform one hundred hours of community service and cooperate with a Department of Justice Inspector General review.

Much of this seems far too convenient for this to simply be a suicide. When a suicide watch was going on where I used to work, you were in for some fairly long nights, especially if the suicide watch went extreme. The reason for that is that the institution where I used to work, there was only one cellblock on the entire compound. That’s where all those who were either in protective custody, under investigation, or the inmates who were serious discipline problems were held. Already, those nights would consist of getting inmates their hour out of their cells for tier time and showers, making rounds, doing shakedowns, etc but when you had a suicide watch on top of that, it was going to be a difficult night and if there were transfers the next morning, you weren’t going to get bored to the point of wanting to sleep as the two officers assigned to Epstein claimed they had done. You read that right, both claimed to have fallen asleep for three hours only to falsify documents later to reflect that they had checked in on Epstein when they really didn’t.

I’m going to concede that, there, in that prison where Epstein was being held, that’s a different animal so policy and procedure varies but still, even those policies and procedures weren’t followed. Again, negligent at best but how about at worst?

Well I’ll leave you with one more video by JD Delay for something to think about. Not saying that’s what happened but just going to put it out there that it’s a possibility.

Final Point: His close pal and confidant, Ghislane Maxwell was convicted of those trafficking charges after spending time on the run but, thanks to not releasing the client list or even investigating them, she was apparently guilty of taking part in a trafficking ring, servicing what is essentially, legally speaking a client list that does not exist. Let that sink in.

As for me, Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself.