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We Will: Act as liaison between you, the client's family or friend, and the client being held on criminal charges in a foreign country.
Employ competent local counsel and work with them to provide an effective legal defense
Travel to the country where the client is being held
& organize local support
Use extra legal
methods to secure the client's release from foreign jail
Provide legal liaison and lobbying services between the client’s family, their congressional representatives, The U.S. State Department, and the U.S. Embassy in the foreign country where the client is being held
Utilize
the Prison Transfer Treaty to get the client returned to the United States if they have been convicted of a crime and are serving a sentence in a foreign prison
Provide legal assistance for employees living and traveling abroad
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The Prison Transfer Treaty - A Practical GuideI. Background (continued) Despite worldwide prevention efforts, as well as substantial media attention, people continue to be arrested and incarcerated abroad. Various countries studied the problems arising from having so many of their nationals languishing in foreign prisons. Inquiries and reports emphasized obvious language and cultural differences, as well as claims of torture and inhumane conditions in some prisons. Citizens of virtually every country are arrested in other countries and are affected by this worldwide problem. The persons incarcerated in foreign counties often face extreme problems coping with foreign jail conditions. The greatest problems involve culture shock, isolations, difficulties communication with prison officials and other inmates, inability to contact friends and family for assistance, uninterested or nonexistent lawyers, inadequate or nonexistent food and medical care, and diseases such as dysentery and typhus, and most recently AIDS. Faced with these and a host of other adjustment problems that are greatly magnified by isolated incarceration in foreign penal and legal justice systems, it is not surprising that many detainees experience fear, boredom, depression, and hopelessness. Their families in their home countries often feel helpless to assist. Consular personnel usually do their best to assist their nationals, but, in reality, their ability to help is very limited. Their role is usually confined to seeing that the detainee’s rights under local law are protected. However, they can neither expect nor demand special treatment (such as food or bedding). Embassy officials sometimes provide incarcerated citizens with a list of attorneys from which to choose. The embassy, however, makes no claims about the lawyers; competence, or how much money they will charge, and the results are often traumatic for the inmate and his or her family. In fact, overseas consular offices often provide a prominent written disclaimer on their lawyer lists. Given this situation, it is not surprising that considerable efforts have been spent on solving the problems faced by foreign offenders. The aim has been to find and equitable solution that will serve the interests of law enforcement and penal administrators, remove and economic and administrative burden for many countries, and hasten the social reintegration of the offender in his or her home state.
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