Norman Carlson

{{Short description|American correctional officer and businessman (1933–2020)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|image=BOP_Director_Norman_A_Carlson.jpg

|office=Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons

|term_start=1970

|term_end=1987

|predecessor=Myrl E. Alexander{{cite web|url=http://www.bop.gov/about/history/directors.jsp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417100404/http://www.bop.gov/about/history/directors.jsp|archivedate=2013-04-17|title=BOP: Past Directors|date=April 17, 2013}}

|successor=J. Michael Quinlan

|birth_date={{Birth date|1933|8|10}}

|death_date={{Death date and age|2020|8|9|1933|8|10}}

|death_place=Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

|birth_place=Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.

|occupation=Correctional officer, professor

|nationality=American

}}

Norman A. Carlson (August 10, 1933 – August 9, 2020) was an American correctional officer and businessman. He was best known for his direction of the Federal Bureau of Prisons from 1970 to 1987 and long-time involvement with this bureau.{{cite LAF|id=n 90610165}} During his involvement, he served in the United States Penitentiary of Leavenworth, Kansas, and also in the Federal Correctional Institution of Ashland, Kentucky.[http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=667098&ticker=GEO:US&previousCapId=4085116&previousTitle=University%20of%20South%20Carolina "Norman A. Carlson: Executive Profile"]{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, BusinessWeek. Bloomberg L.P., 2010. Web. August 31, 2010. He was president of the American Correctional Association from 1978 to 1980 and was the adjunct professor for the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota for 11 years (1987–98). In 1978, he was awarded the Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership for his leadership in the training of federal government managers and executives and in his organizational abilities.

He served as director emeritus of GEO Group, a private prison company based in Boca Raton, Florida.{{cite web|url=https://www.geogroup.com/board_of_directors |title=StackPath |publisher=Geogroup.com |date= |accessdate=2020-05-23}}

Carlson died on August 9, 2020, at a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona from lymphoma, aged 86.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/us/norman-carlson-forceful-head-of-us-prisons-dies-at-86.html|title=Norman Carlson, Forceful Head of U.S. Prisons, Dies at 86|work=The New York Times|date=August 20, 2020}}