Michael Carvajal

Michael Carvajal, the director of the federal Bureau of Prisons, will resign after a nearly two-year tenure marred by the uncovering of widespread problems at the agency. Nearly one in three federal inmates tested positive for COVID under Carvajal’s watch. A holdover from the Trump administration who was tapped by then Attorney General William Barr for the job in 2020, Carvajal has been with the Justice Department for 30 years. He began his career with the Bureau of Prisons in 1992, as a Correctional Officer at FCI Three Rivers (TX). Carvajal served in the United States Army for four years and attended Bee County Community College. He has been a member of the Senior Executive Service since 2013. Carvajal will remain at his post until a new director can be appointed.