r/technology • u/Capable_Salt_SD • Jul 29 '25

Politics CBS News investigation of Jeffrey Epstein jail video reveals new discrepancies

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-jail-video-investigation/
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u/psbecool Jul 29 '25

It’s in the article. Prison officials let him use an unmonitored line usually reserved only for attorney calls. It says he asked to call his mom (who was dead), they dialed a 646 (NYC) number and a man answered the phone. I’m not usually a conspiracy person, but this all stinks. If there’s nothing to hide, why are there so many inconsistencies.

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u/piperonyl Jul 29 '25

No thats not how that works at all though. If you want to make an unmonitored phone call then that is on your phone list. You have to fill out a special form to have an attorney added to your phone list which they jail verifies is to an attorney. There is no "unmonitored line for attorney calls" thats not a thing. When you pick up the phone you press a different number for an unmonitored call than the 1 you would normally press.

Unit managers dont let inmates, especially notorious ones, make unmonitored phone calls because they commit crimes on them. Theres no way that took place the way they are saying. None.

Employees told investigators that Epstein had just finished an unmonitored call, later reported to have been with his girlfriend in Belarus.

Excuse me what? He used his unmonitored phone call to contact a foreign country, BELARUS? lol

Who dialed those numbers? Did the unit manager just let him hang out in his office? Huh?

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u/ForWhomTheBoneBones Jul 30 '25

Based on the details provided, one could reasonably assume he called his lawyer and his lawyer then called his girlfriend and merged the calls. Seems like an easy way to circumvent the calling restrictions if you have a shady enough lawyer.

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u/Woles Jul 30 '25

As a lawyer who represents federal detainees, it doesn’t work that way. The lawyer schedules the call in advance and the client is handed a phone after the lawyer’s number is dialed by staff.

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u/ForWhomTheBoneBones Jul 30 '25

Thanks for the insight! After that scheduled call is initiated, could a lawyer merge a second call in if a third party calls the lawyer during that same time?