As officials investigate Jeffrey Epstein's death, here's what you should know about suicide watch in jail

This is what being placed on suicide watch in correctional facilities entails.

The accused sex trafficker was put on suicide watch last month, after he was found in his Manhattan jail cell with marks on his neck, a law enforcement source and a source familiar with the incident told CNN at the time.Less than a week later, psychologists with the Bureau of Prisons took him off suicide watch, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.Jeffery Epstein's apparent suicide is fueling rumors and questions.

Reporter who reopened Epstein investigation demands answers 03:20But what's most notable about suicide watch are the privileges and possessions taken away from an inmate, Hayes said. According to Boesky, inmates on suicide watch -- or safety watch, as she calls it -- should be kept in a suicide-resistant room. That means there's no protrusions for the inmate to hang himself on, like a vent, sprinkler head, door knobs, bars on the door, towel racks, or bunk beds, for example.

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