- NLPA can assist with a broad range of prisoner transfers including Bureau of Prisons (BOP) transfers, instate Department of Corrections transfers, interstate compact transfers, treaty transfers, work release / CTC transfers, etc. If you need help with a prisoner transfer matter, Contact NLPA for more information.
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Bureau of Prisons Transfers
The Bureau of Prisons has a procedure in place for administrative transfer requests. However, while a form is available to each inmate to request this, often times it takes compelling arguments and factors to have them approve this request. This is where NLPA can help.
If NLPA is hired to assist with a BOP prisoner transfer we can work with you and your family to receive the necessary information, documentation and supporting facts/exhibits that will help the BOP in their consideration of your request. While no one can guarantee that the BOP will grant the transfer request, NLPA’s assistance is proven in helping to elaborate on your situation and why you should be considered for this request to make your request as compelling as possible.
If a transfer request is denied at the first level, the BOP also has in place an administrative appeal procedure whereby the request can be appealed to the various higher levels of the Bureau of Prisons. If NLPA is hired to assist in a BOP prisoner transfer request, we not only would assist with preparing the initial request but also with any appeals that may be necessary.
If the administrative requests are denied through to the Central Office of the BOP, then NLPA can also assist your counsel in preparing a motion to the court requesting the court to order your transfer to that particular facility or region. Also, if you no longer have counsel to represent you for this undertaking, NLPA is happy to refer potential new counsel through its network of the hundreds of attorneys we assist on a regular basis.
For more information about the Federal Bureau of Prisons, facilities and policies you can visit their website at: www.bop.gov.
If you are in need of a federal prisoner transfer, contact NLPA today.
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Instate Transfers
State prisoners may need to apply for transfers to obtain necessary training/education, work, medication or to simply be in a facility closer to their families. Each state has a number of facilities capable of housing inmates from low classification levels to those higher. There may be qualifications to be met before an inmate can be placed in one facility as well. This is an area where NLPA can assist.
The procedures for obtaining a prisoner transfer to a facility within the same state can be quite complex and oftentimes involve significant follow-up. NLPA has extensive experience in helping inmates and their families with respect to this type of problem, and we would be more than glad to work with you in your efforts to obtain the transfer you desire.
When NLPA is hired to assist with an instate prisoner transfer we work with the inmate and their family to develop the most compelling reasons as to why a transfer should be granted. NLPA can also assist with appealing any decisions that are denied as well as assisting counsel in preparing a motion to be filed in court requesting the court to order a transfer once all administrative avenues are exhausted.
If you need assistance with an instate prisoner transfer, contact us today!
For more information about the various facilities in your state, you can contact the Department of Corrections for that state. The State Department of Corrections sites can also provide you with information and locations of the various facilities and types of inmates each facility houses.
Interstate Compact Transfers
In the United States the state prison facilities may have interstate compact transfer agreements with other states to provide for an inmate who is being housed in one state to apply for and receive transfer to another state.
Obviously if an individual lives in a tristate area and is convicted of a crime in one state but has resided in another state all his life and has family in the other state, then it can create difficulty for the inmate to be visited by family but also to then have to serve their probation / parole time once release in that different state as well.
Under the Interstate Compacts, while it is possible for an inmate who is a prisoner in one state to be transferred to another state, this can only be accomplished if the receiving state has room in a facility that meets your security and custody level to accept that inmate. This is because virtually every state prison system is already significantly overcrowded with the result that very few states are willing to accept a prisoner from another state to be incarcerated within their prison system.
However, under the Interstate Compact, it is possible to do this by the exchange of a prisoner from a receiving state to the sending state. In other words, even though the housing state may agree to the request for a transfer, the transfer will not proceed without the approval of the requested receiving state.
In terms of the time frame involved with the processing of the prisoner transfer, if NLPA is hired to assist in this regard, we can complete the necessary documentation within weeks. NLPA will works with our clients in this regard to obtain the necessary factors meriting the request as well as documentation that may be needed to help support the request. In this way the most compelling arguments possible can be presented to the Departments of Corrections for their consideration.
If you are in need of an interstate compact prisoner transfer, contact us today!
Work Release / CTC / Halfway House Transfer Requests
NLPA can also assist in applying for prisoner transfers for purposes of being considered for a work-release program, short or long term halfway house placement or drug rehabilitation centers. The Second Chance Act has provided for some terrific new programs available to inmates.
Under this approach, if NLPA is hired to assist in this regard we will work with you to develop a thoroughly presented request as to all of the reasons why this transfer request should be granted. This would include in helping to secure any documentation or exhibits to support your request.
State and Federal facilities have in place appeal procedures for administrative requests such as this. If an initial request is denied, NLPA can assist with the appeals necessary to continue your prisoner transfer request on the administrative trail.
If the requests are denied through the administrative level there are also actions that can be presented to the court to request that the court order such a transfer. NLPA can assist counsel in drafting such a motion that can be filed in the courts.
If you need assistance with this type of prisoner transfer,contact us today for more information
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