Failures by prison officials blamed for Jeffrey Epstein's suicide

DEPARTMENT OVER THE NEW WHISTLEBLOWER ALLEGATIONS BUT HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED A RESPONSE, CRAIG. >> GABE, THANK YOU. >>> NOW WE HAVE NEW DETAILS EMERGING ON ACCUSED SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN FOUR YEARS AFTER HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE IN A FEDERAL JAIL. A SCATHING REPORT FROM THE INSPECTOR GENERAL POINTING TO MAJOR LAPSES BY PRISON OFFICIALS. ANNE THOMPSON JOINS US WITH DETAILS. >> SO THEY DID NOT MINCE

THEY FAILED TO DO INMATE COUNTS. THEY FAILED TO DO 30-MINUTE CHECKS ON INMATES, WHICH THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. THEY FAILED TO PROVIDE HIM WITH A NEW CELL MATE. HIS CELL MATE WAS TRANSFERRED THE DAY BEFORE HE DIED. HE SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAVE BEEN LEFT ALONE, AND HE WAS. AND THEY DIDN'T SEARCH HIS CELL THE DAY BEFORE HE DIED. AND THEY DON'T KNOW, IN FACT, WHEN

THE LAST TIME HIS CELL WAS SEARCHED AND THEY HE DIED THEY FOUND HE HAD BEEN HORDING BED LYNNINENS AND HAD TORN THEM UP A MADE A NOOSE FOR HIMSELF. >> DOES THIS REPORT PUT THOSE THEORIES TO REST? >> IT TRIES TO, CRAIG. I'M NOT SURE ANYTHING WILL. IF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AGREES WITH THE FBI, THAT IT FOUND IN CRIMINALITY INVOLVED IN THIS SITUATION THAT THERE WERE

THREE INMATES THAT HAD DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT IN EPSTEIN'S CELL WHERE THEY DIDN'T SEE ANYONE COME IN AND OUT THAT NIGHT. THE ONE VIDEO CAMERA THAT DID RECORD VIDEO WAS TRAINED ON THE STAIRWAY INTO THE TIER WHERE EPSTEIN WAS KEPT. NO ONE WENT IN AND OUT OF THAT TIER THAT NIGHT. AND ALSO THEY FOUND THAT THERE WERE NO DEFENSIVE WOUNDS ON HIS BODY. NO SIGNS OF

A STRUGGLE TURNED UP ON THE AUTOPSY. AND MOST INTERESTING OF ALL, THEY FOUND OUT THAT TWO DAYS