Barr Orders Removal of Acting Director of US Prisons

Attorney General William Barr has ordered the removal of a top U.S. prisons official following Jeffrey Epstein’s death.

In a statement Monday, the attorney general said he will name Kathleen Hawk Sawyer the new director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. She will replace Hugh Hurwitz, the acting director of the agency that oversees inmates in federal prisons.

Barr said he will appoint Thomas Kane as the deputy director of the prisons bureau. Meanwhile, Hurwitz will lead the agency’s Reentry Services Division, according to the attorney general.

Washington (CNN)Attorney General William Barr removed the acting head of the Bureau of Prisons, the Justice Department said Monday, replacing the agency's top official in the wake of the suicide of Jeffrey Epstein earlier this month.

In a statement, Barr said Hugh Hurwitz, who had served in the acting position since last year, would return to the assistant director position he formerly occupied.
Dr. Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, who led the bureau from 1992 to 2003, will be the new director, Barr said.