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International Prisoner Transfer Program
Office of Enforcement Operations
The International Prisoner
Transfer Program began in 1977 when our 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 offenders incarcerated far from home, and
to facilitate the rehabilitation of these offenders. Prisoners
may be transferred to and from those countries with which the United
States has a treaty. (Participating countries are listed on this
site). While all prisoner transfer treaties are negotiated principally
by the United States Department of State, the program itslef is
administered by the United States Department of Justice.
For information
on the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Program Statement on International
Prisoner Transfer, go to http://www.bop.gov/progstat/
For
information from the U.S. Department of State regarding information
on Americans Incarcerated Abroad, go to:
http://travel.state.gov/transfer.html
Contact
Information:
Our e-mail address
is:
International.Prisoner.Transfer@usdoj.gov
(This e-mail address
is to be used only for comments and suggestions to improve our
Web site. We will not respond to individual questions about
the program and/or specific cases).
International Prisoner
Transfer Program Unit
Office of Enforcement
Operations
Criminal Division
Chief:
Paula
Wolff
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