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Two prison guards put on leave after Jeffrey Epstein's death

The convicted paedophile was found dead in a prison cell in New York at the weekend.

THE WARDEN OF the New York prison where convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein apparently died by suicide has been temporarily reassigned and two guards have been put on leave.

The US Justice Department confirmed the development today.

Spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said the two guards who have been placed on administrative leave by the Bureau of Prisons had been assigned to Epstein’s unit at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.

“Additional actions may be taken as the circumstances warrant,” Kupec said in a statement.

Epstein (66) was found dead in his cell on Saturday morning and US authorities have pledged to conduct a full investigation into his death, which has been classified as an apparent suicide.

The multimillionaire, who socialised with numerous politicians and celebrities over the years, was awaiting trial on federal charges he trafficked underage girls for sex.

Epstein had been denied bail and faced up to 45 years in prison. He had pleaded not guilty.

‘Serious irregularities’ 

US Attorney General Bill Barr yesterday said there were “serious irregularities” at the jail where Epstein died, and pledged to pursue any co-conspirators in the sex trafficking case.

“I was appalled and indeed the whole department was, and frankly angry, to learn of the Metropolitan Correctional Center’s failure to adequately secure this prison,” Barr told reporters.

“We are now learning of serious irregularities at this facility that are deeply concerning and demand a thorough investigation.

“The FBI and office of the inspector general are doing just that. We will get to the bottom of what happened and there will be accountability,” he added.

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    Jan 22nd 2017, 11:30 AM

    Absolute disaster of a country where life is cheap, disease is rampant, parents maim their children and turn them into beggars in order to survive and the rivers are polluted with floating corpses and the upper classes while away their time working on their British accents.

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    Jan 22nd 2017, 11:39 AM

    @Alex Falcone: you’re worse than David Hogan. You should use your opinionated big brain to say things less about the specifics of what happened instead of throw away generalisations

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    Jan 22nd 2017, 12:58 PM

    @Donal Proctor:
    It is a disaster of a country, and that’s why accidents like this happen again and again and again and again….

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    Jan 22nd 2017, 4:29 PM

    @Alex Falcone: Have you been Alex? At 1.25 billion people in India, 15k deaths annually makes their trains statistically a lot safer than our roads, scaling by population.

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    Jan 22nd 2017, 11:36 AM

    @David Hogan: How insightful and inciting of you David to say something so crass. Wasent the first thing that popped into my head to be honest. Poor people. Hope the death toll dosent grow further. Hope they invest money and make the rail system safer. Hope the rich poor divide in India narrows.

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