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U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons PROGRAM REVIEW DIVISION Washington. DC 20534 June 30, 2025 MEMORANDUM FOR ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION FROM: Acting Section Chief External Audits, Planning, and Analysis Section SUBJECT: Status Update to the Office of Inspector General's (OIG) Final Report dated June 26, 2023: Investigation and Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Custody, Care, and Supervision of Jeffrey Epstein at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, New York The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) appreciates the opportunity to provide a response to the Office of the Inspector General's above referenced memorandum received on April 2, 2025. The Bureau has completed its review of the analysis and offers the following status update regarding the analysis and its recommendations. Recommendation One: The BOP should implement a process for assigning a cellmate following suicide watch or psychological observation, with criteria for exceptions based on the particular individual or security considerations. OIG Analysis: The BOP's update is responsive to the recommendation. The BOP has described the revisions it is making to Program Statement 5321.09 to address the recommendation. The BOP has indicated that these revisions must follow the normal BOP development and Union negotiation process. Accordingly, the OIG will consider whether to close this recommendation after the BOP (1) finalizes policy revi