Billy Marshall (Director of the BOP)
Chrisley Confessions 2.0
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🗓️ 24 September 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
In this rare and candid conversation, Todd Chrisley sits down with Billy Marshall, Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Together, they open up about life inside the prison system, the realities of incarceration, and what change might look like from both personal and institutional perspectives.
This interview goes beyond headlines to explore Todd’s personal experience serving time in the federal prison system, Billy Marshall’s role leading the BOP and overseeing federal corrections, and honest discussions about reform, accountability, and the future of corrections in America.
Whether you’ve followed Todd’s story from the start or you’re interested in learning more about how the federal prison system really works, this conversation gives insight you won’t hear anywhere else.
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About Billy Marshall:
William K. Marshall III is the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Director Marshall was sworn in on April 21, 2025, and assumed responsibility for the operation of 122 BOP facilities, six regional offices, two staff training centers, and 22 residential reentry management offices. He is responsible for the oversight and management of approximately 36,000 staff members and 156,000 federal inmates.
Director Marshall began his law enforcement career with the West Virginia State Police in Huntington, where he was honored as the 1995 National Association of Police Organizations West Virginia Police Officer of the Year. He transferred to the Interstate Drug Interdiction Team and worked with the West Virginia Worker's Compensation Fraud Task Force, as well as on drug task forces in Charleston and Parkersburg. His exemplary service led to his selection for the IRS Criminal Investigation Division's Fraud Task Force, working out of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia in Charleston, during which time he also received a deputation from the U.S. Marshals Service.
Promoted to Sergeant in 2006, Director Marshall later became the Commander of the Pleasants County Detachment before serving as Commander of the Wood County Detachment. He was then selected as the Deputy Director of Traffic Records at State Police Headquarters, where he collaborated with the Governor's Highway Safety Program. In 2010, Director Marshall returned to Wood County to resume command until his retirement in July 2017, concluding more than 25 years of service with the West Virginia State Police.
Following his retirement, Director Marshall was appointed as the first Director of Corrections Investigations for the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety (now known as the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security). He was also designated the Director of the Division of Juvenile Services. Under the newly formed Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, he served as Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of Juvenile Services until Governor Jim Justice appointed him as the Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation in January 2023.
Director Marshall earned his undergraduate degree from Marshall University and is a graduate of the West Virginia State Police Academy.
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| 0:11.4 | Good morning. How are you? I'm doing well. Good to see you. Good to see you. Well, it's actually our |
| 0:15.7 | first time actually seeing each other. Which is strange because we've talked and I feel like I know you already. But yeah, |
| 0:21.9 | believe it or not, this is the first time we've ever seen each other in person. It's the first |
| 0:25.7 | time. And I want to tell you that I'm grateful and blessed to be able to sit here today with you |
| 0:31.4 | and to have met you today. I do feel like that we have have forged a bond. Absolutely. |
| 0:37.4 | You know, since I came home from Pensacola on have forged a bond. Absolutely. |
| 0:40.6 | You know, since I came home from Pensacola on May the 28th. |
| 0:41.0 | Absolutely. |
| 0:44.2 | And I was so looking forward to this interview. |
| 0:46.0 | We do this every day. |
| 0:47.9 | We've been doing television since 2013. |
| 0:51.5 | But this is one of the most important interviews that I will have done. |
| 0:52.4 | I appreciate that. And that's because it affects so many people |
| 0:55.3 | in our country right now. I do think that it'll probably reach a lot of people, probably even beyond |
| 1:01.8 | what you even think. Yes. I think because, you know, we've talked about this before. There's so many |
| 1:07.0 | people that are affected, whether it's you directly or it's your family members or |
| 1:12.4 | whoever would be involved. I think this is going to reach far and wide, I believe. I agree. |
| 1:18.1 | And when I went, I turned myself in to self-surrender to FPC Pensacola in January 17th, |
| 1:25.8 | the 23 and was the hardest thing I'd ever day. |
| 1:30.5 | And now I look at where I am today and I'm experiencing a Joseph moment in my life. |
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