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State-Federal Inmate Transfer Programs - Statutory and Constitutional Problems

NCJ Number
87742
Journal
Criminal Law Bulletin Volume: 18 Issue: 6 Dated: (November-December 1982) Pages: 501-512
Author(s)
D E Short
Date Published
1982
Length
12 pages
Annotation
This article examines an important aspect of the still generally unexplored area of prison inmate transfers. The author explores the principal legal questions associated with the transfer of State inmates to Federal penal institutions.
Abstract
The questions range from ones of statutory interpretation to those concerned with possible due process safeguards. Readers will find this timely and of real utility in dealing with the legal questions surrounding inmate transfers. (Publisher abstract)

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