[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 106 (Thursday, June 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31989-31991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13599]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Justice Programs
[OMB Number 1121-0064]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection;
Comment Requested; Extension and Revision of Existing Collection;
Annual Parole Survey, Annual Probation Survey, and Annual Probation
Survey (Short Form)
ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, will
be submitting the following information collection to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information
collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected
agencies. This proposed information collection was published in the
Federal Register Volume 76, Number 59, pages 17152-17153 on March 28,
2011, allowing for a 60 day public comment period.
The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for
public comments until July 5, 2011. This process is in accordance with
5 CFR 1320.10.
Written comments and/or suggestions concerning this information
collection should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attn: DOJ Desk Officer. The
best way to ensure your comments are received is to e-mail them to
[email protected] or fax them to 202-395-7285. All comments
should reference the 8 digit OMB number for the collection or the title
of the collection. If you have questions concerning the collection,
please call Tom Bonczar at 202-616-3615 or the DOJ Desk Officer at 202-
395-3176.
Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained
in this notice, especially the request written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed
collection of information are encouraged. Your comments should address
one or more of the following points:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collections of information are
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
Overview of This Information Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of currently approved
collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Annual Parole Survey, Annual
Probation Survey, and Annual Probation Survey (Short Form).
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Forms: CJ-7 Annual
Parole Survey; CJ-8 Annual Probation Survey; and CJ-8A Annual Probation
Survey (Short Form). Corrections Statistics Program, Bureau of Justice
Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, United States Department of
Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked to respond, as well as a
brief abstract: Primary: State Departments of Corrections or state
probation and parole authority. Others: The Federal Bureau of Prisons,
city and county courts and probation offices for which a central
reporting authority does not exist. For the CJ-7 form, 55 central
reporters (two state jurisdictions in California and one each from the
remaining states, the District of Columbia, the Federal system, and one
local authority) responsible for keeping records on parolees will be
asked to
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provide information for the following categories:
(a) As of January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011, the number of
adult parolees under their jurisdiction;
(b) The number of adults entering parole during 2011 through
discretionary release from prison, mandatory release from prison, a
term of supervised release, or reinstatement of parole;
(c) The number of adults released from parole during 2011 through
completion, incarceration, treatment, absconder status, transfer to
another parole jurisdiction, or death;
(d) Whether the number of adult parolees reported as of December
31, 2011 represents individuals or cases;
(e) Whether adult parolees supervised out of state have been
included in the total number of parolees on December 31, 2011, and the
number of adult parolees supervised out of state;
(f) As of December 31, 2011, the number of adult parolees under
their jurisdiction with a sentence of more than one year, or a year or
less;
(g) As of December 31, 2011, the number of male and female adult
parolees under their jurisdiction;
(h) As of December 31, 2011, the number of white (not of Hispanic
origin), black or African American (not of Hispanic origin), Hispanic
or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or
Pacific Islander, two or more races, or the number of adult parolees
for which no information was available;
(i) As of December 31, 2011, the number of adult parolees who had
as their most serious offense a sex offense, other violent offense, or
a property, drug, weapons, or other offense;
(j) As of December 31, 2011, the number of adult parolees under
their jurisdiction who were active, only have financial conditions
remaining, inactive, absconders, or supervised out of state;
(k) As of December 31, 2011, the number of adult parolees under
their jurisdiction who were supervised following a discretionary
release, a mandatory release, a term of supervised release, a special
conditional release, or other type of release from prison;
(l) Whether the parole authority supervised any adult parolees who
were also on probation supervision, held in local jails, prisons, or an
ICE holding facility, and the number of adult parolees held in each on
December 31, 2011;
(m) Whether the parole authority used a Global Positioning System
(GPS) to track the location of adult parolees, and if so, the number of
adult parolees tracked using GPS on December 31, 2011, and of the
number of those parolees tracked using GPS, the number who were sex
offenders.
For the CJ-8 form, 306 reporters (one from each state, the District
of Columbia, and the Federal system; and 254 from local authorities)
responsible for keeping records on probations will be asked to provide
information for the following categories:
(a) As of January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011, the number of
adult probationers under their jurisdiction;
(b) The number of adults entering probation during 2011 with and
without a sentence to incarceration;
(c) The number of adults discharged from probation during 2011
through completion, incarceration, treatment, absconder status, a
detainer or warrant, transfer to another parole jurisdiction, and
death;
(d) Whether the number of adult probationers reported as of
December 31, 2011 represents individuals or cases;
(e) As of December 31, 2011, the number of male and female adult
probationers under their jurisdiction;
(f) As of December 31, 2011, the number of white (not of Hispanic
origin), black or African American (not of Hispanic origin), Hispanic
or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or
Pacific Islander, two or more races, or the number of adult
probationers for which no information was available;
(g) As of December 31, 2011, the number of adult probationers under
their jurisdiction who were sentenced for a felony, misdemeanor, or
other offense type;
(h) As of December 31, 2011, the number of adult probationers who
had as their most serious offense domestic violence, sex offense, other
violent offense, property offense, drug law violation, driving while
intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol or drugs, other traffic
offense, or other offense;
(i) Whether adult probationers supervised out of state have been
included in the total number of probationers on December 31, 2011, and
the number of adult probationers supervised out of state;
(j) Whether the probation authority collects data on the number of
adult probationers who had previously served a sentence to prison for
the same offense for which they are on probation;
(k) Whether the probation authority supervised adult probationers
who were also on parole supervision, any probationers held in local
jails, prisons, community-based correctional facilities, or an ICE
holding facility, and the number of adult probationers held in each on
December 31, 2011;
(l) As of December 31, 2011, the number of adult probationers under
their jurisdiction who had entered probation with a direct sentence to
probation, a split sentence to probation, a suspended sentence to
incarceration, or a suspended imposition of sentence;
(m) As of December 31, 2011, the number of adult probationers under
their jurisdiction who were active, in a residential or other treatment
program, only had financial conditions remaining, inactive, absconders,
those on warrant status, or supervised out of state;
(n) Whether the probation authority used a Global Positioning
System (GPS) to track the location of adult probationers, and if so,
the number of adult probationers tracked using GPS on December 31,
2011, and of the number of those probationers tracked using GPS, the
number who were sex offenders.
For the CJ-8A form, 160 reporters (from local authorities)
responsible for keeping records on probationers will be asked to
provide information for the following categories:
(a) As of January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011, the number of
adult probationers under their jurisdiction;
(b) The number of adults entering probation and discharged from
probation during 2011;
(c) Whether the number of adult probationers reported as of
December 31, 2011 represents individuals or cases;
(d) As of December 31, 2011, the number of male and female adult
probationers under their jurisdiction;
(e) As of December 31, 2011, the number of adult probationers under
their jurisdiction who were sentenced for a felony, misdemeanor, or
other offense type.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics uses this information in published
reports and for the U.S. Congress, Executive Office of the President,
practitioners, researchers, students, the media, and others interested
in criminal justice statistics.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 521 respondents
each taking an average of 1.19 hours to respond.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 622 annual burden hours.
If additional information is required, contact: Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N. Street, NE., Suite 2E-
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502, Washington, DC 20530 (phone: 514-4304).
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice.
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