Jeffrey Epstein has killed himself.

[conuly]

I didn't read any news about this yet, I just saw a blurb at the diner. (Link.)

On the one hand, I'm not grieving. He seems to have been a thoroughly awful person.

On the other hand, he already attempted suicide not that long ago. If suicide watch can mess up this badly with somebody who is both a. rich and b. very much in the public eye right now, how much care are they taking with every random dude off the street?

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[elf]

Popehat points out that this can easily be explained by standard prison incompetence, and that keeping someone on suicide watch more than 5 days after an attempt requires special actions.

... Someone still signed off on "this guy is no longer a suicide risk," and I want that person's name. Also want an investigation to confirm this actually was a suicide.