President appoints WV Prison Commissioner to Federal Post

WV state corrections head tapped to lead similarly troubled federal Bureau of Prisons

The head of West Virginia’s state corrections system, long plagued by overcrowding and inmate deaths, has been tapped to lead the agency that manages federal prisons and has been contending with similar issues. President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening he has picked West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation Commissioner William Marshall III to become the next director of the federal Bureau of Prisons. The Bureau of Prisons…

Trump's new director of federal prison system led a troubled state agency

West Virginia's top corrections official led a troubled state agency and will now head a federal bureaucracy plagued with problems of its own.

Who Is Billy Marshall? What to Know About Trump’s New Bureau of Prisons Director

West Virginia’s top corrections official led a troubled state agency, and will now head a federal bureaucracy plagued with problems of its own.

West Virginia man appointed by President Trump as director of Bureau of Prisons

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) -- President Trump says that a Wood County man is the next director of the Bureau of Prisons. In a post to Truth Social the President said: "I am pleased to announce that William "Billy" Marshall III, of the Great State of West Virginia, a State I love and won SIX times, as the next Director of the Bureau of Prisons. Billy has a distinguished Law Enforcement career, rising from the ranks of the West Virginia State Police…

President appoints WV Prison Commissioner to Federal Post

File video: West Virginia hires hundreds of new corrections officers (December 2023) CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — President Donald Trump has announced that a Wood County man is the next director of the Bureau of Prisons. In a post to Truth Social Thursday night, the President said: I am pleased to announce that William “Billy” Marshall III, of the Great State of West Virginia, a State I love and won SIX times, as the next Director of the Bureau of…

Trump chooses WV Corrections and Rehabilitation commissioner to head up Federal Bureau of Prisons

Marshall has served as state DCR commissioner since 2023.