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Good morning. My name is Tova Noel, and I'm 37 years old. I appear here today voluntarily in response to the request of the House Oversight Committee to answer questions about the circumstances and subsequent investigation of the death of Mr. Jeffrey Epstein in 2019. Before I begin my opening statement, I would like to take a moment to say that my thoughts and prayers are with the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and that my decision to voluntarily appear before this committee, in part, is influenced by my desire to provide clarity for the women harmed by Mr. Epstein and his co-conspirators. I emigrated from Antigua to the United States when I was 12 years old. At age 16, I graduated high school in Pennsylvania. When I turned 17, I attempted to enlist in the United States Army but was unable to do so. I was a minor, and my mother refused to consent to my enlistment. When I turned 19 years old, I enlisted and served in the Army National Guard for 6 years, receiving an honorable discharge in 2014. During my military service, I was deployed during Operation Enduring Freedom and stationed in Kuwait. While serving our country, I became a U.S. citizen in 2009. During my final year in the Army, I finished college-level courses and earned an Associate of Applied Science degree in criminal justice in 2014. I went back to school to earn a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from John Jay College in 2017. After I earned my bachelor's degree, I briefly worked at the United States Postal Service until the opportunity to work as a Federal correctional officer for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. I decided to pursue the role because it was in the criminal justice field. On June 24th, 2018, I began working for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. I was assigned to the Metropolitan Correctional Center, also known as MCC, in Manhattan. Around March 2019, during my first year as a Federal correctional officer, I sustained an injury on the job. While on leave, I missed training classes that were required to be assigned to the Special Housing Unit, also known as the SHU. These training courses were specifically related to the