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August 23, 2019

Lots of advice on federal prisons for AG Barr and the new leadership at the Bureau of Prisons

As reported here, this week started with Attorney General William Barr announcing the appointment Dr. Kathleen Hawk Sawyer as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and Dr. Thomas R. Kane as the Deputy Director.  Perhaps unsurprisingly, this development has prompted some folks to share advice on how federal prison system could be better run.  Here is some of the discussion I have noticed:

By Mark Holden via the Washington Examiner, "New Bureau of Prisons leadership should focus on rehabilitation"

By Emily Mooney via the Washington Examiner, "AG William Barr must do more to fix dismal prison conditions" by

By Jaime Nawaday and Jack Donson via The Hill, "A better way to run the Federal Bureau of Prisons"

By Laura Paddison at HuffPost, "How Norway Is Teaching America To Make Its Prisons More Humane"

Via NPR, "What's Changed Since Kathleen Hawk Sawyer Last Headed Prison Bureau?"

August 23, 2019 at 03:34 PM | Permalink

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