[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 27 (Friday, February 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10401-10402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02763]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Bureau of Justice Statistics
[OMB Number 1121-0102]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Extension of a Currently Approved Collection:
Prison Population Reports: Summary of Sentenced Population Movement--
National Prisoner Statistics
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs,
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Bureau of Justice Statistics, will be submitting the following
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until
April 11, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments
especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection
instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact
E. Ann Carson, Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh
Street NW., Washington, DC 20531 (email: [email protected];
telephone: 202-616-3496).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 four points:
--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the Bureau of Justice
Statistics, including whether the information will have practical
utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
--Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected can be enhanced; and
--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
submission of responses.
Overview of this information collection:
1. Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently
approved collection.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Summary of Sentenced
Population Movement--National Prisoner Statistics.
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: Form numbers for the
questionnaire are NPS-1b (Summary of Sentenced Population Movement) and
NPS-1B(T) Prisoner Population Report--U.S. Territories. The applicable
component within the Department of Justice is the Bureau of Justice
Statistics, in the Office of Justice Programs.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: For the NPS-1B form, 51 central reporters
(one from each state and the Federal Bureau of Prisons) responsible for
keeping records on inmates will be asked to provide information for the
following categories:
(a) As of December 31, the number of male and female inmates within
their custody and under their jurisdiction with maximum sentences of
more than one year, one year or less; and unsentenced inmates;
(b) The number of inmates housed in privately operated facilities,
county or other local authority correctional facilities, or in other
state or Federal facilities on December 31;
(c) Prison admission information in the calendar year for the
following categories: New court commitments, parole violators, other
conditional release violators returned, transfers from other
jurisdictions, AWOLs and escapees returned, and returns from appeal and
bond;
(d) Prison release information in the calendar year for the
following categories: Expirations of sentence, commutations, other
conditional releases, probations, supervised mandatory releases,
paroles, other conditional releases, deaths by cause, AWOLs, escapes,
transfers to other jurisdictions, and releases to appeal or bond;
(e) Number of inmates under jurisdiction on December 31 by race and
Hispanic origin;
(f) Number of inmates under jurisdiction classified as non-citizens
and/or under 18 years of age;
(g) Testing of incoming inmates for HIV; and HIV infection and AIDS
cases on December 31; and
(h) The aggregated rated, operational, and/or design capacities, by
sex, of the state/BOP's correctional facilities at year-end.
For the NPS-1B(T) form, five central reporters from the U.S.
Territories and Commonwealths of Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa will be asked
to provide information for the following categories for the calendar
year just ended, and, if available, for the previous calendar year:
(a) As of December 31, the number of male and female inmates within
their custody and under their jurisdiction with maximum sentences of
more than one year, one year or less; and unsentenced inmates; and an
assessment of the completeness of these counts (complete, partial, or
estimated)
(b) The number of inmates under jurisdiction on December 31 but in
the custody of facilities operated by other jurisdictions' authorities
solely to reduce prison overcrowding;
(c) Number of inmates under jurisdiction on December 31 by race and
Hispanic origin;
(d) The aggregated rated, operational, and/or design capacities, by
sex, of the territory's/Commonwealth's correctional facilities at year-
end.
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: 51 respondents,
each taking an average 6.5 total hours to respond to the NPS-1B form. 5
respondents, each taking an average of 2 hours to respond to the NPS-
1B(T) form. The burden estimate is based on feedback from respondents
in the most recent data collection, and remains the same as the
previous clearance.
6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: There is an estimated 341.5 total burden hours
associated with this collection.
If additional information is required contact: Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405A, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: February 7, 2017.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2017-02763 Filed 2-9-17; 8:45 am]
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