[MayflowerMadam]

“were they there after he was charged and after he got out of jail?”

I may be wrong, but it seems that Epstein never went to jail. Just got a slap on the wrist and was let go. The PTB in that area like him (probably on the take), and Alex Acosta was bulldozed over by the establishment there.

[nuconvert]

Here's what I found on Wiki: "While most convicted sex offenders in Florida are sent to state prison, Epstein was instead housed in a private wing of the Palm Beach County Stockade and, according to the sheriff's office, was after ​3 1⁄2 months allowed to leave the jail on "work release" for up to 12 hours a day, 6 days a week."