Federal Bureau of Prisons failed to prevent nearly 200 suicides, report says. The Justice Department report, prepared after the death of Jeffrey Epstein, found "recurring policy violations and operational failures that contributed to the suicides." .
By Ryan J. Relly— NBC News The Federal Bureau of Prison failed to. prevent the deaths of 187 inmates who committed suicide over the course of eight years in. its prisons, a Justice Department watchdog concluded in a report. The report focused on deaths that were likely preventable and not on deaths with more complex health care issues.