Tag - Tova Noel

Snapshot Field Detail Full name Kathleen Hawk Sawyer Profession Psychologist and federal corrections administrator Principal public office Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons First BOP directorship 1992 to 2003, as the agency’s sixth director Second BOP directorship August 19, 2019 to February 25, 2020, as the agency’s tenth director Historical distinctions First woman to ... Read more

Overview EFTA01659570 through EFTA01659572 document the rapid federal response following Jeffrey Epstein’s death at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York on August 10, 2019. The records consist of an internal email chain involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Justice, the Office of Inspector General, and the United States Attorney’s Office for ... Read more

House Oversight Committee Interview of Tova Noel Snapshot The House Oversight Committee Interview of Tova Noel is a congressional transcript from May 18, 2026. The interview focused on Tova Noel’s work as a correctional officer at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, her assignment to the Special Housing Unit, and the conditions surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s ... Read more

Overview On May 18, 2026, Representative Melanie Stansbury spoke to reporters following testimony from former Metropolitan Correctional Center correctional officer Tova Noel, one of the guards on duty during Jeffrey Epstein’s final hours in federal custody. The testimony was part of the ongoing House Oversight Committee investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, his death in custody, and ... Read more

The official finding, custody failures, disputed medical evidence, surveillance record, and consequences for survivors Snapshot Question Documented answer Who died? Jeffrey Epstein, federal inmate 76318-054 When? August 10, 2019 Where? Cell 220, L Tier, 9 South Special Housing Unit, Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York Discovery time Approximately 6:30 to 6:33 a.m. Official cause of death ... Read more

Overview Tova Noel is a former federal correctional officer who was on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein died at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York on August 10, 2019. She is a central figure in ongoing investigations into the circumstances surrounding Epstein’s death. The most important point is that Noel is believed to be ... Read more

Snapshot United States v. Noel was the federal criminal case brought against two Metropolitan Correctional Center employees who were assigned to the Special Housing Unit during the final night of Jeffrey Epstein’s life. Correctional Officer Tova Noel and Material Handler Michael Thomas were accused of failing to perform mandatory inmate counts and 30 minute rounds ... Read more

Snapshot Obstruction of justice appears throughout the Jeffrey Epstein record, but the phrase covers several very different categories of conduct. Only one Epstein connected individual is publicly known to have been convicted specifically of federal obstruction of justice: former Palm Beach house manager Alfredo Rodriguez. Other documented conduct includes: Not every act of secrecy, nondisclosure, ... Read more

Jim.henderson, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Snapshot The Metropolitan Correctional Center New York, commonly called MCC New York, was a federal detention facility in Lower Manhattan operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The jail became a central institution in the Epstein case after Jeffrey Epstein was detained there in July 2019 while awaiting trial on ... Read more

U.S. Federal Government; Pbroks13, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Federal Bureau of Prisons was responsible for Jeffrey Epstein’s custody, health care, supervision, housing, and physical safety from his federal detention in July 2019 until his death at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York on August 10, 2019. The Department of Justice Office of ... Read more