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Code · U.S. Code · Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · CHAPTER 229— POSTSENTENCE ADMINISTRATION · SUBCHAPTER C— IMPRISONMENT · § 3623

§ 3623. Transfer of a prisoner to State authority

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The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall order that a prisoner who has been charged in an indictment or information with, or convicted of, a State felony, be transferred to an official detention facility within such State prior to his release from a Federal prison facility if—
(1)the transfer has been requested by the Governor or other executive authority of the State;
(2)the State has presented to the Director a certified copy of the indictment, information, or judgment of conviction; and
(3)the Director finds that the transfer would be in the public interest.
If more than one request is presented with respect to a prisoner, the Director shall determine which request should receive preference. The expenses of such transfer shall be borne by the State requesting the transfer.
(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(2), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2008.)
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  • Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(2)
  • 98 Stat. 2008
  • section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98–473
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