SCIENCE said:

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

They likely hoped he would do the job for them. Anyway, suicide would look bettter.

That’s what Tartaglione said. That the conclusion he drew from the situation was that he had been deliberately put in the cell with Epstein, because the people in charge had an expectation that he would kill Epstein.

but why didn’t he do anything then

Internal punishment perhaps, loss of privileges and additional jail time