Kathleen Hawk Sawyer

Who is Kathleen Hawk Sawyer?

Kathleen Hawk Sawyer is a former director of the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons. She served as director between 1992 and 2003.

Hawk is a graduate of Wheeling Jesuit College, where she obtained a bachelors in psychology, and West Virginia University, where she obtained her masters degree and an Ed.D. counseling and rehabilitation.

Starting her career in 1976 as a psychologist at the Federal Correctional Facility in Morgantown, West Virginia, Sawyer moved up and has held positions at different prisons across the country.