DOJ OIG Report Shows the US Approves Less than 1% of Prisoner Transfer Applications

On December 8, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released a report by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on whether the DOJ is effectively managing the International Prisoner Transfer Program (treaty transfer program) for foreign national inmates.  The OIG reviewed the roles of the DOJ’s components involved in the treaty transfer program, the selection of inmates to be transferred, the timeliness of the process, the costs associated with the program, and recidivism in the U.S. by inmates who were transferred to their home countries.