U.S. attorney general shakes up prisons bureau after Epstein death

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U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday announced a new leadership team at ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday announced a new leadership team at the federal Bureau of Prisons in a shake-up of the agency in the wake of financier Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent suicide inside a federal jail in New York City.

The Bureau of Prisons has about 37,000 employees and oversees 122 facilities, which house about 180,000 inmates. “During this critical juncture, I am confident Dr. Hawk Sawyer and Dr. Kane will lead BOP with the competence, skill, and resourcefulness they have embodied throughout their government careers,” Barr said in the statement.

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