Bill Mersey, 68, was a prison confidant for inmates on suicide watch and spent hours speaking to Epstein in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in new York.
Speaking on today's Good Morning Britain, Mersey said he believes that Epstein did commit suicide because he knew he was "losing it".
He also spoke to a prisoner in the cell next to Epstein after he was taken off suicide watch who heard him "ripping up sheets".
Mersey explained that Epstein would talk about his powerful friends, including Donald Trump , but did not mention Prince Andrew.
He said: "[Epstein] was really a regular guy, nothing outstanding about him particularly. He didn’t strike me as distressed. He wasn't a whiner. He didn't complain about the conditions. The suicide cell is not a nice place to be. He seemed to adapt pretty well."
Mersey signed up for a job on suicide watch when he got to prison and was given four hours of training, which he claimed was "rather than hiring professionals".
One day he was assigned to Epstein and had to make notes in a log book while watching him.
Mersey said: "I pretty much know that he killed himself. His mindset was not really depressed. I felt like I should entertain him so he wouldn’t want to kill himself.
"Occasionally he’d drift off and look into the distance and I knew I was losing him. That he was thinking about 'oh my god I‘ll never get out. How am I going to handle this for the rest of my life?'"
The prison confidant revealed that Epstein did not speak about any alleged sex crimes or victims.
He explained: "He didn’t say anything. I did not discuss with him why he liked young women or underage girls. There were a lot of paedophiles at MCC.
"He didn’t strike me as one of them but it seems obviously he liked young girls for whatever reason."
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