Jeffrey Epstein, a former friend of Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, as well as Prince Andrew, died in a suicide at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, while awaiting trial on child sex trafficking charges.
to check on Epstein in his cell in the hours before he died Aug. 10 "is not the full accounting to which Mr. Epstein's family, his alleged victims and the public are entitled."
"It would be a tragic and costly missed opportunity for the Bureau of Prisons and the United States attorney general [William Barr] to fail to undertake — and to make public — an in-depth evaluation of prison conditions and to carry out appropriate reforms," wrote Berman, who serves in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
"We all agree that it is unthinkable that any detainee, let alone a high-profile detainee like Mr. Epstein, would die unnoticed at the Metropolitan Correctional Center," Berman wrote in his letter to The Times. "It is the job of the Bureau of Prisons to ensure the safety and security of federal inmates."
Berman added that, "There is at the very least anecdotal evidence that chronic understaffing, subpar living conditions, violence, gang activity, racial tension and the prevalence of drugs and contraband are the norms in many of our prisons." "These conditions are worsened by the absence of necessary services, including meaningful mental health and drug rehabilitation, not to mention adequate heat and hot water," he wrote.Spokesmen for the U.S. Justice Department and the Bureau of Prisons did not immediately respond to requests for comment.so that he could sexually abuse them at his residences in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Florida.
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