U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG)

The U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) prepared a draft report on the 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, in March 2023 [1]. The OIG is part of the U.S. Department of Justice, which also includes the United States Attorney Southern District of Florida, that reviewed a "Notice of Continued Pendency of Federal Criminal Action" related to Jeffrey Epstein in 2008 [2]. The U.S. Department of Justice was involved in an investigation, and there were communications between the U.S. Department of Justice and other parties, including the Home Office, in 2020 [3]. The Federal Bureau of Prisons, which is part of the U.S. Department of Justice, had Jeffrey Epstein in custody, and he refused medical treatment, specifically an eye doctor evaluation, on July 24, 2019 [4]. The Metropolitan Correctional Center, where Epstein was housed, is part of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Chief Psychologist at the center was involved in discussions about Epstein's case in July 2019 [5]. The U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Metropolitan Correctional Center also employed a Forensic Psychologist who sent emails related to official business in August 2019 [6].