International movement of prisoners

Mulgrew, Roisin

Abstract

This article analyses and compares the evolution of the procedures and motivations for the international movement of prisoners under two systems operating in the United Kingdom – the inter-state prisoner transfer system and the international criminal justice enforcement system. It sets out the basic conditions for transfers under the current systems before outlining recent changes in the inter-state system to the requirement to obtain the consent of the proposed transferee (the prisoner) and the state that will implement the sentence. It proceeds to discuss the potential consequences and benefits these procedural modifications may entail for both systems. The paper concludes by evaluating the different and changing rationales used to justify the international movement of prisoners.

Citation

Mulgrew, R. (2011). International movement of prisoners. Criminal Law Forum, 22(1-2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10609-011-9139-z

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Mar 1, 2011
• Deposit Date: May 10, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: May 10, 2013
• Journal: Criminal Law Forum
• Print ISSN: 1046-8374
• Electronic ISSN: 1046-8374
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 1-2
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10609-011-9139-z
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1010187
• Publisher URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10609-011-9139-z
• Additional Information: The final publication is available at link.springer.com