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Deposition Transcripts · Segments · #8991
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Q So you mentioned that you were first assigned in June 2019 to the SHU. Can you describe how the SHU specifically differs from other units at MCC? A So, for a regular housing unit, the inmates are let out and they can move around, whereas in the SHU, you're locked in for 23 hours and you're only out for 1 hour, and it's a more secure area. The only inmates that's out would be, like, the orderlies. Q What are those? A The orderlies are inmates that are considered to have privileges. They're allowed to, like, come out to clean or the law library. Q Okay. I know you touched on this in your opening statement, but was there any special training that you had to undergo in order to be assigned to the SHU? A Yes. Q And did you complete the special training that was required? A No. Q Why not? A Because I was out on an injury. Q You mentioned, going back one question, that there were orderlies in the SHU. Was Mr. Epstein considered an orderly? A No. Q Why not? A I don't make the decision on who becomes an orderly. I don't know. Q Okay. Do you know how it was decided? A Of who becomes an orderly? No, I don't know. Q Okay. Back to the special training, were you ever directed by supervisors to say that you had