Common Contracts
1 similar Interstate Agreement on Detainers contracts
Criminal Procedure – Interstate Compacts – Interstate Agreement on Detainers – Temporary Custody of Prisoner. When a detainer based on pending criminal charges in one state is lodged against a person serving a prison sentence in another state, the...Interstate Agreement on Detainers • June 30th, 2020
This case calls upon us to construe the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (“IAD”). The IAD is a congressionally-sanctioned compact among the states designed to facilitate the prompt disposition of a detainer lodged by one state against a person incarcerated in another state. In particular, the IAD allows for the temporary transfer of the prisoner from the state of incarceration to the state in which charges are pending, upon the request of either the prisoner or the prosecuting jurisdiction.
