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Monday, August 19, 2019
US prisons chief removed after Epstein’s suicide
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleWASHINGTON — 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 announces Hugh Hurwitz’s reassignment today. Hurwitz had served as the agency’s acting director since May 2018.
No reason is 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.
The FBI and Justice Department’s inspector general are investigating.
Barr has named Kathleen Hawk Sawyer to succeed Hurwitz. She was the agency’s director from 1992 until 2003.
Hurwitz also led the agency when Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was killed in a federal prison in West Virginia in October.
— AP
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