New Jersey § 2a:159a-1

§ 2a:159a-1.

The agreement on detainers is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this State

with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as

follows: The contracting States solemnly agree that: The party States find that charges outstanding against a prisoner, detainers based

on untried indictments, informations or complaints, and difficulties in securing speedy

trial of persons already incarcerated in other jurisdictions, produce uncertainties

which obstruct programs of prisoner treatment and rehabilitation. Accordingly, it is the policy of the party States and the purpose of this agreement

to encourage the expeditious and orderly disposition of such charges and determination

of the proper status of any and all detainers based on untried indictments, informations

or complaints. The party States also find that proceedings with reference to such charges and detainers,

when emanating from another jurisdiction, cannot properly be had in the absence of

cooperative procedures. It is the further purpose of this agreement to provide such cooperative procedures.