Inmate who spent months in Epstein’s prison block says there is ‘no way’ he could kill himself

A former prisoner who spent months in the same high-profile inmate block as Jeffrey Epstein has said it would have been impossible for the billionaire financier to kill himself in his cell.  

The ex-convict spoke to the New York Post on the condition of anonymity in the wake of Epstein’s apparent suicide Saturday morning in the 9 South special housing unit at Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan.   

‘There’s no way that man could have killed himself. I’ve done too much time in those units. It’s an impossibility,’ said the insider, whose reason for incarceration wasn’t disclosed. 

The account comes as conspiracy theories surrounding Epstein’s death are gaining traction and federal officials have launched a investigation into the circumstances. 

Reports claimed that Epstein hanged himself, but the former inmate who spoke to the Post said he wouldn’t have been able to do. 

They said the sheets are paper and thus wouldn’t have been strong enough to hold a 200lb-Epstein. Even if they were, the inmate said, the ceilings are ‘eight or nine feet’ high with nothing to attach to.  

‘They don’t give you enough in there that could successfully create an instrument of death,’ they said. 

‘You want to write a letter, they give you rubber pens and maybe once a week a piece of paper. Nothing hard or made of metal.

‘And there’s a cop at the door about every nine minutes, whether you’re on suicide watch or not.’ 

The ex-convict spoke to the New York Post on the condition of anonymity in the wake of Epstein’s apparent suicide Saturday morning in the 9 South special housing unit at Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan (pictured) 

The Post published a photograph of Epstein being wheeled into hospital shortly before he was pronounced dead on Saturday morning. Conspiracy theories surrounding his death are gaining traction and federal officials have launched a investigation into the circumstances

Epstein had been placed on suicide watch two weeks ago after he was found in his cell with bruising on his neck. 

He was taken off the watch at the end of July and therefore wasn’t on it at the time of his death, according to prison sources. 

The decision to remove Epstein, who was possibly the most high-profile inmate in the federal jail system, from suicide watch has both baffled and outraged former wardens and veterans of the federal prison system alike, leading them to demand a reason why. 

‘For them to pull him off suicide watch is shocking,’ Cameron Lindsay, a former warden, told NBC News. 

‘For someone this high-profile, with these allegations and this many victims, who has had a suicide attempt in the last few weeks, you can take absolutely no chances. You leave him on suicide watch until he’s out of there.’

The former inmate said that if Epstein had been on watch, he would have been put in straight jacket to prevent him from injuring himself.   

Even when an inmate is not on suicide watch, MCC requires two guards to check on prisoners every 30 minutes, but sources say that procedure was not followed the night Epstein died.   

A black bag believed to contain Epstein’s body was pictured being taken out of New York Presbyterian-Lower Manhattan hospital on Saturday afternoon

A separate source revealed to DailyMail.com that Epstein actually told prison guards and fellow inmates that he believed someone had tried to kill him in the weeks before his death.

The insider, who had seen the disgraced financier on several occasions during his incarceration at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, also claims that the normally reserved Epstein seemed to be in good spirits.

‘There was no indication that he might try to take his own life,’ the source told DailyMail.com

‘From what I saw, he was finally starting to adjust to prison. I think he was comforted by the rigidity of his new life.’  

It remains unclear whether any other inmates have been successful at taking their own life in the block where Epstein was housed.   

The former inmate who spoke to the Post briefly described how horrible his time in 9 South, saying: ‘The damage that unit can do to someone.

‘It’s like you’re an animal and you’ve been brought into a kennel. A guy like Jeffrey, it’s like, “Holy sh-t.”

‘I told my parents not to come there. God wasn’t in the building.

‘I’ve had some heavy incidents in the building. What happened is permanent.

‘Some of the guards are on a major power trip. They know guys there are suffering. They know something the rest of the world hasn’t seen, that a place like this exists in this country, and they get off on it.

‘If the guards see that the guy is breaking, they’re going to help you break.’ 

Epstein was incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (pictured). A former inmate told the Post: ”Some of the guards are on a major power trip’ 

Many people have speculated that one or more of the powerful people implicated in the disgraced billionaire’s alleged sex-trafficking ring could have put a hit on him to protect themselves. 

Among them was President Donald Trump, who has retweeted conspiracy theories linking Bill and Hillary Clinton to Epstein’s death.  

Trump’s Twitter feed includes a link to a breaking news site which claims that unsealed court documents revealed ‘top Democrats, including Bill Clinton, took private trips to Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘pedophilia island”.

The president also retweeted a post from Terrence K Williams, an actor and comedian who is known for his conservative views.

Williams tweeted: ‘Died of SUICIDE on 24/7 SUICIDE WATCH ? Yeah right! How does that happen…[Epstein] had information on Bill Clinton & now he’s dead.’

President Trump retweeted conspiracy theories linking Bill and Hillary Clinton to the death of his former friend and business associate Epstein. The pair are seen together in 1997

Trump’s Twitter feed includes a link to a breaking news site which claims that unsealed court documents revealed ‘top Democrats, including Bill Clinton, took private trips to Jeffrey Epstein’s “pedophilia island”‘

The president also retweeted a post from Terrence K Williams, an actor and comedian who is known for his conservative views. Williams tweeted: ‘Died of SUICIDE on 24/7 SUICIDE WATCH ? Yeah right! How does that happen…[Epstein] had information on Bill Clinton & now he’s dead’

Other politicians also shared suspicion over Epstein’s death.  

Claire McCaskill, a former Democratic Senator, said: ‘Something stinks to high heaven. How does someone on suicide watch hang himself with no intervention? Impossible. Unless…’

A number of other high-profile Washington figures have demanded more information over the circumstances.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted: ‘We need answers. Lots of them.’

Presidential hopefuls Amy Klobuchar and Kirsten Gillibrand also demanded transparency as to the details of Epstein’s death.

Some internet users observed that the New York prison where he died was under the watch of Attorney General William Barr, who was chosen to head the Justice Department by Trump, once an associate and friend of Epstein.

Another extraordinary theory was that Epstein was assassinated by Saudi officials. One tweet read: ‘The murder of Jeffrey Epstein is the most blatant display of the power of the deep state I’ve seen since the CIA killed JFK.’ 

Epstein was found unresponsive in his cell around 7am Saturday and was rushed to nearby New York Presbyterian-Lower Manhattan hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Hours later, a black bag believed to contain Epstein’s body was pictured being taken out of the hospital.   

The body was later switched into a white van belonging to a medical examiner, before it was transported away. 

A coroner will now perform an investigation.

Joe Scarborough calls ‘bull***t’ on Epstein’s suicide as conspiracy theorists claim pedophile was murdered 

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough has jumped on the conspiracy theory bandwagon to suggest Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself in prison and Russians may have been involved.

As conspiracy theories suggesting Epstein did not commit suicide and was instead killed began flooding social media, Scarborough threw in his two cents.

‘Authorities couldn’t keep Epstein alive by putting him under 24 hour surveillance?’ the host tweeted. ‘How convenient for a lot of rich and powerful men.

‘A guy who had information that would have destroyed rich and powerful men’s lives ends up dead in his jail cell. How predictably…Russian.

‘He reportedly tried to kill himself two weeks ago. And is allowed to finish the job now? Bullsh**.’

As conspiracy theories suggesting Epstein did not commit suicide and was instead killed began flooding social media, Scarborough threw in his two cents

Scarborough (right) suggested some would be relieved by the pedophile’s (pictured left in January) death

Scarborough continued to stoke the flames by suggesting some would be relieved by the pedophile’s death. 

‘Powerful Democratic and Republican figures breathing a huge sigh of relief—as well as a Harvard professor or two,’ he wrote, before adding: ‘The rich and powerful get away with raping young girls…again.’

But the Trump foe wasn’t the only big name to express their skepticism about how the inmate was able to kill himself in a highly secured part of the jail not long after being take off suicide watch. 

Lynne Patton, a regional administrator with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Trump loyalist, even shared a clip of the DailyMail.com coverage of Epstein’s death.

She commented: ‘Hillary’d!! P.S. Let me know when I’m supposed to feel badly about this.’

This seemed to be a suggestion that Bill and Hillary Clinton were somehow involved in the death, seeing as the former president and Epstein were once associates.

Lynne Patton, a regional administrator with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Trump loyalist, shared a clip of the DailyMail.com coverage of Epstein’s death and commented: ‘Hillary’d!! P.S. Let me know when I’m supposed to feel badly about this’

Photos show light blue lettering outside Epstein’s $77million Upper East side townhouse, one of the largest private homes in Manhattan

One conspiracy theorist even scrawled ‘XOXO Hillary + Bill’ on the sidewalk outside Epstein’s $77million Upper East Side townhouse. 

The FBI raided the home in July, where they uncovered a ‘vast trove’ of hundreds or even thousands of lewd photographs of young women or girls.

The ‘XOXO’, meaning ‘hugs and kisses’ – is a way of signing off a message so it appears as though it was written by Hillary and Bill Clinton. 

The message follows the #ClintonBodyCount hashtag that circulated on social media by conspiracy theorists in an effort to point fingers at Bill and Hillary, adding to the speculation and confusion surrounding Epstein’s Saturday morning death. 

Michael Coudrey, one of the co-founders of the New Right US, wrote: ‘BREAKING: Alleged “camera malfunction” last night at MCC where Jeffrey Epstein was locked up #EpsteinFiles.’

Coudrey was also one of the pushers of #ClintonBodyCount hashtag and suggested that the couple had a hand in also killing Seth Rich, an employee for the Democratic National Committee. Conspiracy theorists believed he leaked the DNC emails in 2016.

Many of those using the hashtag were found to be bots.

And although President Donald Trump has not commented on the death of his former friend Epstein, he did retweet a conspiracy theory linking Bill and Hillary to the suicide. 

Trump’s Twitter feed includes a link to a breaking news site which claims that unsealed court documents revealed ‘top Democrats, including Bill Clinton, took private trips to Jeffrey Epstein’s “pedophilia island”.’

The president also retweeted a post from Terrence K. Williams, an actor and comedian who is known for his conservative views.

Williams tweeted: ‘Died of SUICIDE on 24/7 SUICIDE WATCH ? Yeah right! How does that happen…[Epstein] had information on Bill Clinton & now he’s dead.

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, now an attorney for President Donald Trump, tweeted out several questions about Epstein’s death Saturday afternoon

‘I see #TrumpBodyCount trending but we know who did this!’

The post ended with the hashtags #ClintonBodyCount and #ClintonCrimeFamily.

After Epstein’s arrest last month, Bill Clinton issued a statement denying that he had ever been to Epstein’s island in the Caribbean. 

On Twitter the hashtag ‘Epsteinmurder’ was quickly trending. 

Epstein had been placed on suicide watch following an incident just over two weeks ago in which he was discovered with bruises on his neck. But he was taken off of suicide watch at the end of July.  

Just days ago, Spencer Kuvin, a lawyer for three of his victims, warned: ‘There’s no doubt that no jail will protect you when there are powerful people who want to reach you – wherever you are.’ 

Epstein, 66, had been denied bail and faced up to 45 years behind bars on federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges unsealed last month. He had pleaded not guilty and was awaiting trial on accusations of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls.  

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, now an attorney for President Donald Trump, tweeted out several questions about Epstein’s death Saturday afternoon.

‘Who was watching? What does camera show?… Follow the motives,’ he wrote. 

President Trump retweeted conspiracy theories linking Bill and Hillary Clinton to Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide while remaining silent on the death of his former friend. Trump is seen right with Epstein in 1997

Trump’s Twitter feed includes a link to a breaking news site which claims that unsealed court documents revealed ‘top Democrats, including Bill Clinton, took private trips to Jeffrey Epstein’s “pedophilia island”’

The president also retweeted a post from Terrence K. Williams, an actor and comedian who is known for his conservative views. Williams tweeted: ‘Died of SUICIDE on 24/7 SUICIDE WATCH ? Yeah right! How does that happen…[Epstein] had information on Bill Clinton & now he’s dead’

Claire McCaskill, a former Democratic Senator, said: ‘Something stinks to high heaven. How does someone on suicide watch hang himself with no intervention? Impossible. Unless…’  

Some internet users observed that the New York prison where he died was under the watch of Attorney General William Barr, who was chosen to head the Justice Department by Donald Trump, once an associate of Epstein.

Another extraordinary theory was that Epstein was assassinated by Saudi officials. 

One tweet read: ‘The murder of Jeffrey Epstein is the most blatant display of the power of the deep state I’ve seen since the CIA killed JFK.’  

Epstein’s case had already prompted online rumors and conspiracy theories given past friendships with prominent men including Trump, Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew, as well as the 2008 deal in Florida that allowed him to plead to soliciting a minor for prostitution to avoid more serious charges.