§4106A Transfer of Offenders on Parole; Parole of Offenders Transferred

Summary

When the United States receives a person on parole from another country, the Attorney General must send that person to the U.S. Parole Commission for supervision. The Parole Commission must quickly set a release date and decide how long and under what rules the person will be on supervised release, treating the case like a similar crime convicted in a U.S. district court. The Commission must consider any recommendation from the U.S. Probation Service and any papers from the sending country. The total time in prison plus supervised release cannot be longer than the prison term the foreign court gave. The U.S. Probation Service must carry out the probation officer duties listed in section 3552 for the transferred person. A person can appeal the Parole Commission’s decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals in the circuit where they are imprisoned. The appeal notice must be filed within 45 days. The Court of Appeals will decide the appeal the same way it would for a sentence under section 3742. While on supervised release, the U.S. district court where the person lives will supervise them. These rules apply only to crimes committed on or after November 1, 1987.