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James V. Bennett  

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  • James V. Bennett was the second director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), serving longer than any other (1937 to 1964). Bennett played a role in establishing the centralized bureaucracy for overseeing the operation of federal prisons, the BOP, while working for the U.S. Bureau of Efficiency. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Bennett, James V.]

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