Acting director for the Bureau of Prisons is FIRED one week after the suicide of Jeffrey Epstein in federal custody

The acting director of the federal Bureau of Prisons has been removed from his position more than a week after millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein took his own life while in federal custody.

Attorney General William Barr announced Hugh Hurwitz’s reassignment Monday. Hurwitz had served as the agency’s acting director since May 2018.

No reason was given for the reassignment, but the move comes as the bureau faces increased scrutiny after Epstein’s suicide August 10 at a New York jail.

Hurwitz will now return to his role as Assistant Director of the BOP Reentry Services Division.