Epstein got 'special treatment' in jail, former guard tells House Oversight Committee

[Eugene]

Earlier DU thread: Epstein prison guard to testify in front of House Oversight Committee today

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Source: ABC News

Epstein got 'special treatment' in jail, former guard tells House Oversight Committee

Tova Noel is believed to be the last person who saw Epstein before his death.

ByPeter Charalambous, James Hill, and Lauren Peller
May 18, 2026, 5:47 PM

A former prison guard who was on duty at the federal Metropolitan Corrections Center in New York when convicted Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019 testified Monday that the late sex offender received "special treatment" at the jail, two members of the House Oversight Committee said.

Democratic Reps. Suhas Subramanyam of Virginia and Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico said Tova Noel testified that Epstein received extra bed linens and a CPAP machine, and had access to "medications in a way no one else did."

"I do think [Epstein] was treated differently from the other inmates," Rep. Subramanyam said when asked about Noel's testimony. "Jeffrey Epstein got special treatment in that facility."

Subramanyam said he "fully" believes Epstein died from suicide, but emphasized there are still "open questions" about how he was able to do so.

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Read more: https://abcnews.com/US/house-oversight-committee-interview-prison-guard-duty-epstein/story?id=133019125

[Irish_Dem]

1. All of it is fishy as hell.

[SamuelAdams]

2. It pays to be friends with/have dirt on the president.

[Kid Berwyn]

3. Suicide by cell mate.

Nicholas Tartaglione, Jeffrey Epstein’s first cellmate, is a hulking ex-cop-cum drug dealer then-charged, now convicted, quadruple murderer. For some reason no one in authority found confusing, Epstein said he didn't appreciate it when he woke up to find the killer ex-cop's muscle-y hands around his neck.



To be fair, Tartaglione denied making the marks on Epstein’s neck when the presidents’ friend was found unresponsive in his cell the first time. Barr’s DoJ was surprised to hear the news and moved Tartaglione to another cell.

Perhaps this under-reported story is why many today think Epstein tried to kill himself.

https://yonkerstimes.com/dirty-westchester-ex-cop-is-epsteins-cell-mate/

The assignment of a violent psychopath as a cell-mate makes one wonder if Barr really had Epstein’s safety in mind. Otherwise, somebodies high up in the MAGANAZIGOP might have wanted to shut Epstein up permanently before there had been a trial, let alone a conviction.

Recently, Tartaglione told Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post that Epstein confided in him that the Feds offered Epstein a deal in exchange for dirt on Donnie Dipshit. Tartaglione added that Epstein told the Feds he barely knew Trump, that they didn’t like each other, but Dipshit was nice to females, and that he knew nothing about Trump’s politics. Right-o.

https://nypost.com/2025/01/18/us-news/feds-offered-jeffrey-epstein-a-deal-for-dirt-on-trump-ex-cellmate/

[Melon]

4. If you need a cpap in jail and have a prescription

They are provided. They don’t mess with that since you can die in your sleep if it’s severe. I had a friend go in for 30 days and she brought her prescription with her and received it immediately in jail.

[EdmondDantes_]

5. Are we supposed to be upset he got medicine and a CPAP machine

Or that others didn't get the medicine they need? The latter seems more problematic.

[orangecrush]

6. He got special treatment, all right