From: To: Subject: Fwd: Metropolitan Correctional Center 'accidentally released' serial bank robber days before Epstein's death Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 21:22:04 +0000 Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Date: August 15.2019 at 4:54:20 PM EDT Subject: RE: Metropolitan Correctional Center 'accidentally released' serial bank robber days before Epstein's death ThanksM From: Sent: T ursday. August 15. 2019 4:34 PM To: Subject: Metropolitan Correctional Center 'accidentally released' serial bank robber days before Epstein's death Metropolitan Correctional Center 'accidentally released' serial bank robber days before Epstein's death Fox News By Nicole Darrah 8/15/19 A serial bank robber awaiting sentencing at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan was "accidentally released" from federal custody just days before a series of ignored protocols gave Jeffrey Epstein the opportunity for his apparent suicide. Michael Matthews, 58, was told Aug 7 he was free to leave the New York facility which, in recent days, has come under fire after Epstein, 66, died from an apparent suicide after being left alone in his cell for hours on Saturday — despite recently being on suicide watch, and despite protocol requiring otherwise. Matthews' family told the New York Daily News that a counselor at MCC invited him to their office, where he was given a card to ride the subway and paperwork to sign to be released. lie knew he was awaiting sentencing, scheduled for Sept 20, but didn't speak up. Richard Donoghue, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, stated in a letter obtained by Fox News on Thursday that Matthews — who previously served time for bank robbery — was released, despite being held "pursuant to a permanent order of detention." EFTA00019402