Jeffrey Epstein was held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in lower Manhattan, New York City, while awaiting trial in 2019, and he died there in August 2019.

Basic facts

  • After his July 2019 federal arrest on sex trafficking charges, Epstein was jailed at MCC New York, a federal detention facility in Manhattan.
  • He was housed in the jail’s Special Housing Unit (often called SHU) in the period leading up to his death on August 10, 2019.

More context

  • MCC New York is a high‑security federal jail located in lower Manhattan, which has housed numerous high‑profile federal detainees over the years.
  • Epstein’s death there, officially ruled a suicide, triggered multiple investigations into the jail’s conditions, staffing, and failures in supervision and record‑keeping.

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