U.S. prisons director resigning after crises-filled tenure
WASHINGTON — The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons is resigning amid rising scrutiny over his management within the wake of Related Press reporting that uncovered widespread issues on the company, together with a current story detailing critical misconduct involving correctional officers.
Michael Carvajal, a Trump administration holdover who’s been on the heart of myriad crises throughout the federal jail system, has advised Legal professional Common Merrick Garland he’s resigning, the Justice Division mentioned. He’ll keep on for an interim interval till a successor is in place.
His exit comes simply weeks after the AP revealed that greater than 100 Bureau of Prisons staff have been arrested, convicted or sentenced for crimes for the reason that begin of 2019, together with a warden charged with sexually abusing an inmate. The AP tales pushed Congress into investigating and prompted elevated calls to resign by lawmakers, together with the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
