NEW: Two guards allegedly falsified logs to cover up lapse in cell checks in the hours when Jeffrey Epstein died by apparent suicide, sources confirm to ABC News.
A review of surveillance camera footage from inside the Metropolitan Correction Center in New York showed that two guards who were supposed to check on Jeffery Epstein every 30 minutes never made their appointed rounds in the hours when the millionaire sex offender died in his cell by apparent suicide, sources familiar with the investigation confirmed to ABC News.
A DOJ official tells ABC News that an"after-action" team from the Bureau of Prisons is visiting MCC Wednesday, where they're set to look into the way prison officials handled Epstein's detention in the days and weeks leading up to his death by suicide. The New York Times reported Wednesday that the two guards had fallen asleep during their shifts and did not check on Epstein for three hours.
His apparent suicide occurred after he was previously found on July 23 unresponsive in his cell with marks on his neck and taken to a hospital, sources with knowledge of the episode told ABC News. He was placed on suicide watch, but removed on July 29 after jail officials determined he was no longer a threat to himself, sources said.The two guards who were supposed to be checking on Epstein's well-being were both working overtime, according to law enforcement sources.
On Monday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr ordered immediate changes in leadership at MCC in Manhattan in response to Epstein's death, including placing two staff members assigned to Epstein's cell block on leave, pending the outcome of the investigations, according to a Department of Justice spokesperson.
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