Collateral Consequences of Interstate Transfer of Prisoners

Publication Date: 
7/1/2012

Author Information

Randall G. Shelden and Selena Teji

This publication provides an overview of the effects of out-of-state transfers on inmates and families and evaluates the potential public safety and policy merits of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's proposal to return out-of-state inmates to state facilities and terminate its contracts with private out-of-state facilities by FY 2015-16.