I suspect the way it is done is always with an eye towards deniability. No one is going to say, 'Hey, I’ll give you a hundred thousand to take that guy off suicide watch. Instead all you have to do is let the bribee know who you work for, then say something casual like, 'Man, it must suck to see a pedophile sitting pretty in here. You must hate having him on suicide watch. Well, if anything ever happens to the guy and you get blamed for it, come see me. I’ve helped people in your situation before…"
Unlike TV and the movies, high end corruption is almost never overt. People know how the game is played, and don’t have to say anything that would be prosecutable to get what they want.
No, the first rule of prison corruption is always collect your bribe in advance. I can’t count how many times I saw guys get burnt when they helped some prisoner escape who promised to send them money after he got home.
Dang it. I’ve still lost the pool. As I pointed out in this post following the last attempt, I had October. We kept the pool going and I had hopes his suicide would be rescheduled for later, just for appearances.
Oh well, winner still buys drinks, so it’ll be a fun evening. And one subhuman has been removed from our planet - so it’s all good.
IMO, there’s a difference between asking legitimate questions that are posed based on facts/actions taken/not taken by involved parties, and JAQ-ing off. To me, JAQ-ing off is the practice of asking questions with little to no basis in reality and with a particular outcome already determined. My questions are not of that sort. If Just Asking Questions means asking any questions, well, that doesn’t seem a terribly productive way to conduct an investigation.
Some of the questions I posed do already have answers. For instance, I’ve learned Epstein was already housed in SHU, functionally administrative segregation. I’ve also learned that it is the practice of the Feds to house even ad seg inmates with a cellmate, which is different than the practice within the county where I worked.
I don’t think it’s necessary for “a bunch of people” to be in on it. I also don’t think bribery is a requirement. Many who work within the prison systems are of the “just following orders” variety. Not all, but many. They are the sort who don’t question why leadership makes the decisions they do. Reliable orders-followers are known within the chain of command.
To clarify, I would be surprised to learn someone else had killed Epstein. I don’t think that’s what happened. I think conditions may have been created to exploit his wish to kill himself, and when presented with the opportunity, he reliably did what was foreseeable.
This actually happened to a friend of mine, so I don’t find it outside the realm of likelihood at all. An ugly business to be sure, but not provable in any way that someone else encouraged the predictable outcome.
William Barr is a total douchebag, but even douchebags can tell the truth once in a while. I think the following is true, and certainly more credible than most of the conspiracy theories:
U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Monday the Justice Department has already found “serious irregularities” at the Manhattan jail where Jeffrey Epstein was being held, adding that the facility “failed to adequately secure this prisoner.”
Barr also issued a stern warning, saying the case was far from over and that anyone who may have conspired with Epstein “should not rest easy.”
I’m going to posit that incompetence at the jail is the major factor that allowed this to happen, and apparently it wasn’t the first time. As for others that Epstein might have implicated, that may still happen without his help.
I didn’t read the linked article. (I’m at work.) But if he wants to talk about vague “irregularities” he can fuck himself. He needs to fill in the following blank:
The decision to lift the suicide watch was made by (blank).
As for Barr’s “stern warning,” gee, it’s almost like he isn’t in charge of the Bureau of Prisons or something.
He probably should have added one more comment to his warning that the case was far from over and that anyone who may have conspired with Epstein “should not rest easy.” One potential co-conspirator can rest easy, so long as Barr is the overseer.
Looks like there will be plenty of evidence against numerous alleged co-conspirators, even without Epstein’s testimony:
“The raid was a stark reminder that the federal criminal investigation of Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking is not over, despite his Saturday death by apparent suicide in federal custody. New evidence recovered from the island compound could be used to charge others in the still unfolding case or as fodder for a civil forfeiture action aimed at seizing the property to provide restitution to his alleged victims.”
Really? You know of multiple instances where C/Os helped prisoners escape? In my law enforcement (admittedly not corrections) experience, that is a pretty rare thing.
