The night Jeffrey Epstein died, jail guards allegedly surfed the internet, according to an indictment released today
The charges against Noel and Thomas mark the first in the criminal investigation into the passing of the 66-year-old financier, who was found unresponsive in his cell on the morning of August 10th, with a sheet wrapped around his neck in a noose. He was later pronounced dead. On Friday, the AP reported that federal prosecutors offered the guards a plea deal that would have involved them admitting to having falsified prison records, which they rejected.
According to Duncan Levin, a former federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York, the case has highlighted the grueling work conditions of guards at federal correctional centers, as well as the corruption and lack of oversight that runs rampant at such facilities. “A At the time of Epstein’s death, both of the guards had reportedly been working overtime due to staffing shortages at the prison. Following Epstein’s passing, they were placed on administrative leave pending the results of an FBI investigation.
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