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Barr taps bureau veteran as new federal prisons director

By Tim Pearce
Published February 25, 2020 10:09pm ET
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Barr taps bureau veteran as new federal prisons director
William Barr, U.S. attorney general, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. | (Al Drago/Bloomberg)

Attorney General William Barr announced his pick to take over as Bureau of Prisons director after he removed Hugh Hurwitz from the post in August.

Barr tapped Army veteran Michael Carvajal, who has worked in the bureau since 1992, to lead the Bureau of Prisons after Hurwitz vacated the position following the death of convicted sex offender and wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein.

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