The United States has bilateral treaties with Bolivia, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Thailand, and Turkey, and is a party to two multilateral conventions, the Council of Europe (COE) Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons, and the Inter-American Convention on Serving Criminal Sentences Abroad. (Applications for prisoners seeking transfer to/from Canada, France, Panama, and Turkey are normally processed under the COE Convention.) The United States also has prisoner transfer agreements with the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
BILATERAL TREATIES AND TRANSFER AGREEMENTS
Bolivia * | Mexico | Thailand | Republic of Palau |
Canada * | Panama * | Turkey * | France * |
Marshall Islands | Peru | Hong Kong | Micronesia |
* Bolivia, France, Canada, Panama, and Turkey are also signatories to the Council of Europe Convention.
COUNTRIES WITH WHICH PRISONERS TRANSFER TREATIES ARE IN EFFECT
Albania | Germany | Nicaragua |
Andorra | Greece | Netherlands (Including Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten, Curaçao, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba) |
Argentina | Guatemala | Norway |
Armenia | Holy See | Palau |
Australia | Honduras | Panama |
Austria | Hong Kong | Paraguay |
Azerbaijan | Hungary | Peru |
Bahamas | Iceland | Poland |
Belgium | India | Portugal |
Belize | Ireland | Romania |
Bermuda | Israel | Russia |
Bolivia | Italy | San Marino |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Japan | Saudi Arabia |
Brazil | Kazakhstan | Serbia |
Bulgaria | Korea, Republic of | Slovakia |
Canada | Latvia | Slovenia |
Chile | Liechtenstein | Spain |
Costa Rica | Lithuania | Suriname |
Croatia | Luxemborg | Sweden |
Cyprus | Macedonia, Republic of | Switzerland |
Czech Republic | Malta | Thailand |
Denmark | Marshall Islands | Tonga |
Ecuador | Mauritius | Trinidad/Tobaga |
El Salvador | Mexico | Turkey |
Estonia | Micronesia | Ukraine |
Finland | Moldova | United Kingdom* |
France | Mongolia | Uruguay |
Georgia | Montenegro | Venezuela |
* United Kingdom Territories: Anguilla, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Sovereign Base areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the Island of Cyprus, St. Helena and St. Helena Dependencies, British Indian Ocean Territory, Ducie and Oeno Islands, Henderson Island, Pitcairn, British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, Isle of Man