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duties and responsibilities to work in the SHU. When I returned to work in June 2019, I was assigned to work in the SHU even though I never received the required specialized training. Prior to June 2019, I never worked in the SHU. When I was assigned to the SHU, I was instructed to sign a document that indicated that I received the SHU training. When I advised my supervisor that I did not receive the training, I was told not to worry about it. I was instructed to sign so that the facility could pass its program review. When I was placed in the SHU, I was assigned to the 4:00-p.m.-to-midnight shift most of the time. Due to understaffing issues, my colleagues and I were required to work overtime on a regular basis. To avoid being mandated to work a second consecutive shift at midnight, I often would volunteer to work the 8:00-a.m.-to-4:00-p.m. shift and then work my regular shift from 4:00 to midnight. When Mr. Epstein was lodged at the MCC on or about July 6th, 2019, I did not know who he was or anything about his past. I had limited interactions with Mr. Epstein because he spent most of each day downstairs in the attorney conference room. I was not aware of the public's interest in Mr. Epstein until shortly after the July 23rd, 2019, incident when he was placed on suicide watch. I was not working the shift when the July 23rd incident occurred. On August 9th, 2019, I was scheduled to work my 4:00-p.m.-to-midnight shift. Because I had a personal obligation that day, I could not work the 8:00-a.m.-to-4:00-p.m. shift. As a result, I was mandated to work the August 10th, 2019, midnight-to-8:00-a.m. shift. It was also my first time I worked in the SHU with Officer Michael Thomas. It was my understanding that Officer Thomas was working the midnight shift in addition to working his assigned 8:00-a.m.-to-4:00-p.m. shift. On August 9th and 10th, 2019, I acknowledge with full candor that I did not execute the counts and rounds properly. I admit that there were tasks that I failed to complete, which resulted