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They were sleeping through their shift because that's just what prison guards frequently do. They were doing a lot of overtime, partly because the prison is und
by CobrastanJorji 7y ago
They were sleeping through their shift because that's just what prison guards frequently do. They were doing a lot of overtime, partly because the prison is understaffed and partly because you make a lot of money signing up for overtime. They were tired, and nobody watches the watchers.
Why do you think that sleeping through overtime would be a case of the guards risking their life? I doubt they've even been fired.
- softawre 7y agoThis seems plausible. But if this is true, then why haven't their been more successful suicides at this prison?
- CobrastanJorji 7y agoFirst, there are lots of suicides in prison. The suicide rate is 4 times higher there than in the general public, and the rate is highest among pre-trial detainees, like Epstein. Second, people are generally pretty bad at suicide, and the methods most likely to succeed (firearms, drugs, falling) are not available as options.
- smsm42 7y agoIf nobody watched them, how do we know they slept through their shift, and if they did, how do we know they did it because they were tired and not because somebody asked them to sleep for a while and not worry about a thing, and that part of overtime would be paid at much, much different rate? > I doubt they've even been fired. Especially in this situation. We have huge motive, excellent opportunity and unless one of the guards is so stupid as to talk, almost no possibility of detection. A perfect crime, if there's one. Of course, there's no proof of that - maybe Epstein indeed was suicidal. Maybe the guards were just paid to give him an opportunity, not avoid witnessing murder. Who knows. But I don't see how guards sleeping excludes any of that.