The increased scrutiny on the Bureau of Prisons in the aftermath of his death led it to shutter the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in 2021.Īn internal memo sent after Epstein’s death attributed problems at the jail to “seriously reduced staffing levels, improper or lack of training, and follow up and oversight”. The trove of documents reveal the extent of staffing shortages and mismanagement that contributed to Epstein’s death. The letter itself was not included among the 4,000 documents turned over to the AP under a freedom of information request, so its contents remain unknown. “I am not sure if I should open it or should we hand it over to anyone.” Trove of documents “It appeared he mailed it out and it was returned back to him,” the investigator who found the letter told a prison official by email. The letter was found with a “return to sender” mark in the prison post room weeks after his death. The documents also reveal the disgraced financier’s attempt to contact Nassar, whose notoriety as a prolific sex abuser was eclipsed only by Epstein’s. He requested a brown uniform for his near-daily visits with his lawyers. He revealed during a health screening that he had more than 10 female sexual partners within the last five years and had been treated for chlamydia.Īccording to medical records, he was suffering from sleep apnoea, constipation, hypertension, lower back pain and prediabetes.Įpstein later complained about having to wear an orange jumpsuit and was upset about being treated like he was a “bad guy” despite being well behaved behind bars. He was recorded sitting in the corner of his cell with his hands over his ears, in a desperate attempt to muffle the sound of a broken toilet that would not stop running. If convicted, he faced up to 45 years in prison. Two weeks before ending his life, prison officials in Manhattan’s crumbling and chaotic Metropolitan Correctional Center described the disgraced financier as agitated and unable to sleep.Įpstein, 66, called himself a “coward” and complained he was struggling to adapt to life behind bars following his arrest on federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges in July of that year. The US Bureau of Prisons records were obtained by the Associated Press and offer a fresh window into Epstein’s behaviour during his 36 days in jail before his suicide in August 2019. The financier wrote to Larry Nassar, the US national women’s gymnastics team doctor who was convicted of sexually abusing scores of young athletes over several decades and was jailed in 2016.

Jeffrey Epstein wrote to another notorious American paedophile before his suicide in jail, newly released prison records have revealed.

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