Former Yonkers Police officer Nicholas Tartaglione’s lawyer, Bruce Barket, has asked for his client to be transferred from the Metropolitan Correctional Center to the Nassau County Correctional Center due to alleged awful prison cell conditions.

“He was put in a cell without the books and newspapers he was given on Thursday … Worse, he was placed into a cell without a working toilet. He was given a bucket! He was told to use that until the toilet was repaired,” Barket said according to the New York Daily News.

Prosecutors say Tartaglione never complained about a broken toilet.

“MCC staff members reported to the MCC Warden that there is in fact a working toilet in the defendant’s cell. The staff members tested that toilet’s flushing ability and confirmed that the toilet does in fact flush, but noted that the flush appeared weak. In response, the MCC Warden called the institution’s on-call plumber to immediately service that toilet,” according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey

Martin Santos-Luna, 41, 25-year-old Miguel Sosa-Luna, Urbano Morales-Santiago, 35, and 32-year-old Hector Gutierrez, all of Middletown, were found buried months later on Otisville property owned by former YPD officer Nicholas Tartaglione.

He is accused of hitting Luna repeatedly and killing him by placing a zip tie around Luna’s neck. The other three men were shot in the head,

Nicholas Tartaglione was a cop in the Yonkers Police Department, before moving on to Mount Vernon, Briarcliff Manor and Pawling.

The former Yonkers cop once shared a cell with Jeffery Epstein. He claimed to have helped Epstein after finding him unconscious from what’s believed to be a suicide hanging attempt.

He was separated from Epstein before Epstein’s ultimate death.

Following the 66-year-old billionaire’s death, Tartaglione said guards at the prison have told him “shut up,” “stop talking” and “stop complaining,” amid questions about how Epstein was able to kill himself in federal custody