<P> In 1983, the CWRIC issued its findings in Personal Justice Denied, concluding that the incarceration of Japanese Americans had not been justified by military necessity . Rather, the report determined that the decision to incarcerate was based on "racial prejudice, wartime hysteria, and a failure of political leadership ." </P> <P> Lastly, the Commission recommended legislative remedies: an official Government apology and redress payments to survivors . Congress passed legislation and on August 10, 1988, the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was signed into law . The Act's purposes included the government's acknowledging and apologizing for the injustice of the evacuation and internment of US citizens and longterm residents; creating a public education fund to inform the public; making restitution to parties affected; discouraging a similar event from happening in the future; and demonstrating the U.S.' consideration of human rights violations . By this act and a related one in 1992, the US government paid reparations to more than 82,200 Japanese Americans . </P>

Commission on wartime relocation and internment of civilians