Charles Homans

And so he's sent back to the SHU, to the special housing unit where he was before.

And this time he has a new cellmate, a guy named Efrain Reyes.

who is a 50-year-old drug dealer from the Bronx who is in the shoe because he's cooperating in another case.

So he's there for his own safety also.

And what does Reyes observe about Epstein?

So Reyes becomes, in a way, one of the most interesting witnesses to Epstein's time in jail.

He was interviewed by investigators afterwards.

He unfortunately died of heart disease in 2020.

We weren't able to interview him later.

But there are handwritten notes in the Epstein files of an interview with Reyes by a federal prosecutor.

And they are one of the most interesting documents of Epstein's time in jail.

Reyes seems to get to know him pretty well.

They spend a lot of time together in this cell.

And he struck the people who interviewed him as this fairly genuine person who seemed to want to kind of help Epstein deal with jail.

They trade food.

Epstein appreciates clearly some of his help and gets him a radio from the commissary.

Reyes notices that the guards are deferential to Epstein.

They let him hang on to these extra sheets that he's stashed in the cell, which was not uncommon because of the air conditioning.

It was very cold in the summer in this jail.

They're kind of building a relationship in this cell that feels really genuine, actually.