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FILE - Gary Mohr, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, discusses proposed legislation to help reduce the state's prison population by putting more emphasis on keeping nonviolent offenders in the community instead of behind bars, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. Mohr, the former director of the Ohio state prison system, has emerged as a leading contender to run the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins, File)

FILE - Gary Mohr, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, discusses proposed legislation to help reduce the state's prison population by putting more emphasis on keeping nonviolent offenders in the community instead of behind bars, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. Mohr, the former director of the Ohio state prison system, has emerged as a leading contender to run the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins, File)

FILE - Director Gary Mohr talks to the media prior to an execution at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, on July 26, 2017. Mohr, the former director of the Ohio state prison system, has emerged as a leading contender to run the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday, May 20, 2022. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)

FILE - Director Gary Mohr talks to the media prior to an execution at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, on July 26, 2017. Mohr, the former director of the Ohio state prison system, has emerged as a leading contender to run the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday, May 20, 2022. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)

FILE - Gary Mohr, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, discusses efforts to reduce the state's prison population, in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. Mohr, the former director of the Ohio state prison system, has emerged as a leading contender to run the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins, File)

FILE - Gary Mohr, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, discusses efforts to reduce the state's prison population, in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. Mohr, the former director of the Ohio state prison system, has emerged as a leading contender to run the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins, File)