Justice Dept. ignores law on foreign prisoner transfers

The Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General reported this week that the department is continuing to ignore a law that allows it to transfer foreigners in federal prisons back to their home countries.

The inspector general report said failing to use the program to its fullest extent is costing taxpayers money for the continued cost of incarcerating these foreign nationals, and also makes it more expensive for the U.S. to deport them later if they are illegal immigrants.