A little bit different for the one time I noticed on an HA flight, ITO-HNL. Prisoner was in orange prison suit, heavily manacled. Uniformed and armed officers with him in the last row of coach.
Originally Posted by abmj-jr
This is a pretty accurate description of the process. I did several extradition transports back in my younger days before I retired. Generally, the prisoner is dressed with long sleeves and you probably won't notice the cuffs unless you are looking closely. They are always preboarded and always sit in the back in a window seat with an officer beside on the aisle and one behind if it is 2 across seating. Although I never flew where the side section was 3 across, I suspect the prisoner would then be in the middle, with the officers on either side. We usually used an ankle holster back then to minimize the chance of being seen to be armed.
All that was long before 9/11, so procedures are probably different now for clearing security. Back then, we just signed in at check-in and were escorted around the screening point.
JR