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INTERNATIONAL PRISONER TRANSFER

International prisoner transfer refers to a situation in which an individual is convicted of a crime in one country, but is transferred to his country of citizenship to serve the sentence imposed by the court.

International prisoner transfer is usually carried out pursuant to a treaty between two countries (bilateral treaty) or between multiple countries (multilateral convention). The United States currently has prisoner transfer treaties with many other nations including the Council of Europe and the Convention of American States.

The United States International Prisoner Transfer Program began in 1977 when the U. S. government negotiated the first in a series of treaties to permit the transfer of prisoners from countries in which they had been convicted of crimes to their home countries. The program is designed to relieve some of the special hardships that fall upon individuals incarcerated far from home, and to facilitate their rehabilitation. While all prisoner transfer treaties are negotiated principally by the United States Department of State, the program itself is administered by the United States Department of Justice.

As of December 31, 2001, 2,253 American nationals sentenced in countries with which the United States has prisoner transfer relations, and 4,246 nationals of those countries convicted in the United States, had transferred under the treaties.

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More information can be found below on the following subjects:

1. How the International Prisoner Transfer Program Works

2. Treaties By Country

Select Country Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan The Bahamas Belgium Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia, Former Yugoslave Republic of Malta Marshall Islands Mexico Micronesia Moldova Netherlands Norway Palau Panama Peru Poland Portugal Romania Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States Venezuela

3. Bilateral Treaties

Select Bilateral Treaty

4. Multilateral Conventions

Select Multilateral Convention Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Additional Protocol to the Transfer on Sentenced Persons Inter-American Convention on Serving Criminal Sentences Abroad