BOP Director Set To Face Judiciary Committee

The director of the Bureau of Prisons — Michael Carvajal, appointed to that post by former Attorney General William Barr — is set on April 15 to face the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of their first comprehensive oversight hearing of the Bureau of Prisons since 2019 (article available here).

Two major issues will be top-of-mind for the questioners: how BOP has handled the coronavirus pandemic and how it’s implemented a new federal law designed to help prisoners successfully reenter society after finishing their sentences. On both counts, the bureau has drawn bipartisan criticism.