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Proffer of [REDACTED] 8/21/19
[REDACTED]
[REDACTED] review cooperation (separate notes)

I. Background on SHU
- Moved to SHU approx. 1.5 months ago.
- on J-Tier, room 205, in cell by himself
- cellmate was Sears (Cadre) for a day, no
cellmate for over 30 days. When first arrived
was on L Tier.

II. Epstein
- When he first arrived, heard people asked for
many but Epstein said no
- Heard Epstein requested to go to suicide watch.
Many inmates in SHU ask to go to suicide watch
for a break from SHU.
- Heard Epstein was going to legal for a bit.
- CP ran see people enter/exit SHU from his cell,
and saw Epstein coming and going

III. Epstein death
- Not sure when they found him, learned he
was definitely dead Saturday night around dinner
time when a CO confirmed it.
- "Jeffrey" was across the hall from Epstein +
may have seen something
- On Saturday night, after he was confirmed
dead, someone on M-tier was yelling
"Ms. Noel is a murderer."

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IV. Correctional Officers
A. Noel
- Pops to gate a lot. Stays off tiers.
- used to be "mean" but she's now generally
"cool"
- worked SHU a lot in the past month

B. Thomas
- Words in laundry. Hear he brings in
contraband w/ the cadre
- He's "hands on" and can be rough
- Thomas responded to inmate Marc Webster's
threatened suicide w/ Lt. [REDACTED] (short, dark hair)
→ Lt. [REDACTED] is rough + has a low tolerance
for inmates
→ Thomas + [REDACTED] tossed the cell of
Webster + were rough w/ him.
- Thomas works w/ Cadre. Two were
caught w/ contraband:
1) Chris - Tier K
2) Mike - Tier L
They are cadre who work in laundry. They
deal in cigarettes and K2
- people place orders via cellphone + pay
with CashApp. Cadre bring contraband to
insulin area and give it to runner from a unit.
- cigarettes cost $300-500

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3. [REDACTED]: does maintenance, involved in contraband
- Asked CP for a bag of chips to fix his light.
4. [REDACTED]
- will let inmates smuggle contraband through visit
- Tried to talk to female family/girlfriends of inmates
6. [sic] Contraband Generally
- cellphone costs $3,500 to 4,000, but people also
bring in very small phones
- CP told [REDACTED] about an iPhone in SHU,
hoping for professional treatment. Inmate
Ferrara/Ferrari had the iPhone. [REDACTED]
found it
- Recent search of SHU was not successful
b/c it was too slow
- people use CashApp, Western Union, Money Gram

- [REDACTED] doesn't search people he likes
- One day "Lucky" went to get contraband on
visitor floor. He dropped it. [REDACTED] picked it up,
asked whose balloon it was, and said he would
flush it down toilet
→ Don't know if he actually did
→ Lucky is in for "pimping" + went to SHU

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V. Counts
- COs do counts. supposed to be 2 COs but sometimes
just one
- can't recall if they do overnight counts on date
of Epstein death
- He's a deep sleeper
- They just started doing rounds after Epstein died.
- On many nights, hear them doing counts but not
rounds.
- can't remember Noel or Thomas talking about rounds
- can't see guard desk from cell. Can see main door,
closet, and a little bit of L + M tier
- Doesn't know if they were sleeping.

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/D ... 126094.pdf