Suicide is painless
—it brings on many changes…
cordially,
It remained unclear if he had been placed on suicide watch after his first attempt at suicide on July 25, when he was found unconscious in his cell with bruises on his neck. The federal Bureau of Prisons did not immediately respond to requests for information.If he was not on suicide watch following the earlier episode, well, that’s interesting in itself. And if he was indeed in one of those special cells, I’m going to hazard a guess (adjusting tinfoil chapeau) that the hard disk on which last night’s video resides is about to have one of those MTBF episodes, and that will be amusing, and also (I wear the thing shiny side out) send a signal…
Mr. Epstein had been housed in a cell with Nicholas Tartaglione, a former police officer facing murder charges. It was unclear if he was still being held with another inmate as of Saturday morning.
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Suicide prevention cells must provide an “unobstructed view of the inmate” and “may not have fixtures or architectural features that would easily allow self-injury,” according to Bureau of Prisons policy.
According to a person familiar with the Bureau of Prison’s procedures, the cells are equipped with video monitoring, which an officer monitors around the clock.
cordially,