Justice Prisoner & Alien Transportation System (JPATS) The 2011 Customer Satisfaction Survey for Internal Management Control Review is available - Click here to take survey In 1995, the air fleets of the Marshals Service and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) merged to create the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System (JPATS). The merger created a more efficient and effective system for transporting prisoners and criminal aliens. Managed by the Marshals Service, JPATS is one of the largest transporters of prisoners in the world — handling about 977 requests every day to move prisoners between judicial districts, correctional institutions and foreign countries.
JPATS supports the federal
judiciary through its scheduling and transportation responsibilities. JPATS transports sentenced prisoners who are in the custody of the
Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) as well as ICE criminal/administrative
aliens to hearings, court appearances and detention facilities. JPATS
also provides regular international flights for the removal of
deportable aliens. Military and civilian law enforcement agencies use
JPATS to shuttle their prisoners between different jurisdictions at a
fraction of what commercial sources would charge. On average, JPATS completes over 350,000 prisoner/alien movements per year. A network of aircraft, cars, vans and buses accomplishes these coordinated movements. JPATS operates a fleet of aircraft which moves prisoners over long distances more economically and with higher security than commercial airlines. Nearly all air movements are done aboard large and small jets that JPATS owns or leases. Ground transportation is usually provided by the Marshals Service, ICE and the BOP.
Detailed itineraries are required to ensure that each prisoner appears in court at a designated time. All scheduling is handled at JPATS headquarters, located in Kansas City, MO. The Air fleet operations center is in Oklahoma City, OK with a hub in Las Vegas. Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System (JPATS): David F. Musel, JPATS Director (816) 467-1900 Scott Flood, Deputy and Chief of Operations (816) 467-1900Air Operations Scott A. Wilhelm, Chief of Aviation Prisoner Transportation Business Management |
JPATS is the only government-operated,
regularly scheduled passenger airline in the nation. JPATS routinely
serves approximately 70 domestic and international cities, plus other
major cities in the United States on an as-required basis. usmarshals.gov is an official site of the U.S. Federal Government, U.S. Department of Justice