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10 U.S.C. § 955 — Prisoners transferred to or from foreign countriestransferred

submitted 49 years ago by Pub. L. 95-144 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 178 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary concerned may transfer certain offenders to a foreign country when a treaty allows it and the Attorney General agrees. The Secretary may also place certain foreign-confined military prisoners in a United States military or other correctional facility.

(a) If a treaty between the United States and a foreign country provides for transferring convicted offenders, the Secretary concerned, with the Attorney General’s agreement, may transfer to that country an offender against chapter 47. The transfer must follow the treaty and title 18 chapter 306. (b) If a status-of-forces agreement lets the United States request custody of a service member imprisoned by a foreign court, the Secretary concerned may arrange for the confinement to be carried out in a military correctional facility of that department or in a United States-controlled or authorized penal or correctional institution. Unless the agreement says otherwise, the person is treated as an offender against chapter 47.

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(a)

When a treaty is in effect between the United States and a foreign country providing for the transfer of convicted offenders, the Secretary concerned may, with the concurrence of the Attorney General, transfer to such foreign country any offender against chapter 47 of this title. Such transfer shall be effected subject to the terms of such treaty and chapter 306 of title 18.

(b)

Whenever the United States is party to an agreement on the status of forces under which the United States may request that it take custody of a prisoner belonging to its armed forces who is confined by order of a foreign court, the Secretary concerned may provide for the carrying out of the terms of such confinement in a military correctional facility of his department or in any penal or correctional institution under the control of the United States or which the United States may be allowed to use. Except as otherwise specified in such agreement, such person shall be treated as if he were an offender against chapter 47 of this title.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 95–144, § 4, Oct. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1221; amended Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(28), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2922.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1977Enacted · Pub. L. 95-144 · 91 Stat. 1221
  • 1980Amended · Pub. L. 96-513 · 94 Stat. 2922

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 95-144 on 1977-10-28.

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