Report: Jeffrey Epstein wasn't being closely monitored prior to death

While in a protective unit at the Metropolitan Correction Center in Manhattan, financier and alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was supposed to be checked by two guards every 30 minutes, but that protocol was not followed on Friday night, a law enforcement official told The New York Times. Epstein, 66, was found dead inside his cell at 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Three weeks ago, Epstein was discovered inside his cell semiconscious with bruises around his neck, and was placed on suicide watc...