The jail informed the Justice Department, when Epstein was placed in the special housing unit (SHU), that he would have a cellmate and that a guard would look into the cell every 30 minutes. These procedures were not followed on the night he died.[33] On August 9, Epstein's cellmate was transferred, and no replacement cellmate was brought in. The evening of his death, Epstein met with his lawyers, who described him as "upbeat" before being escorted back to the SHU at 7:49 PM by guard Tova Noel.[34] Video evidence shows that the two guards failed to perform the required institutional count at 10 PM. Internal evidence[clarification needed] shows Noel briefly walking by Epstein's cell at 10:30 PM, the last time the guards entered the tier where his cell was.[35] Through the night, in violation of the jail's normal procedure, Epstein was not checked every 30 minutes.[33] The two guards who were assigned to check his cell overnight, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, fell asleep at their desk[note 2] for about three hours and later falsified related records.[36][37] Two cameras in front of Epstein's cell also malfunctioned that night.[38] Another camera had footage which was "unusable."