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US attorney general shakes up prison bureau after Epstein death

US Attorney General William Barr is pictured after a farewell ceremony for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein at the US Department of Justice in Washington, US. [Reuters]

US Attorney General William Barr on Monday shook up the leadership at the federal Bureau of Prisons, removing its acting chief following the suicide of financier Jeffrey Epstein in a New York City jail.

Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, a veteran of the Bureau of Prisons, will return to the agency to serve as its director, Barr said. He named another former agency official, Thomas Kane, to serve as her deputy.

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