Notice2022-24780
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: National Inmate Survey in Prisons (NIS-4P)
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Published
November 15, 2022
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Justice Department
Abstract
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68519-68520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24780]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0311]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection:
National Inmate Survey in Prisons (NIS-4P)
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs,
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: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Comments
are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until December 15,
2022.
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
Amy Lauger, Supervisory Statistician, Re-entry, Recidivism, and Special
Projects Unit, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW,
Washington, DC 20531 (email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c081adb9ee8ca1b5a7a5b280b5b3a4afaaeea7afb6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="793814005735180c1e1c0b390c0a1d1613571e160f">[email protected]</span></a>; telephone: 202-307-
5955).
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:
<bullet> 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;
<bullet> 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;
<bullet> Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected can be enhanced; and
<bullet> 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: Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection: National Inmate Survey in
Prisons (NIS-4P).
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: There is no agency form
number at this time. 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: Respondents will primarily be Federal or
State Government entities. The work under this clearance will be used
to produce estimates for the incidence and prevalence of sexual
victimization within correctional facilities as required under the
Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-79). 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.
Abstract: In 2003, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA or the
Act) was signed into law. The Act requires BJS to ``carry out, for each
calendar year, a comprehensive statistical review and analysis of the
incidence and effects of prison rape.'' The Act further instructs BJS
to collect survey data: ``. . .the Bureau shall. . .use surveys and
other
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statistical studies of current and former inmates. . .''
To implement the Act, BJS developed the National Prison Rape
Statistics Program (NPRS), which includes four separate data collection
efforts: the Survey on Sexual Violence (SSV), the National Inmate
Survey (NIS), the National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC), and the
National Former Prisoner Survey (NFPS). The NIS collects information on
sexual victimization self-reported by inmates held in adult
correctional facilities, both prisons and jails. The NIS has been
conducted three times, in 2007 (NIS-1), in 2008-09 (NIS-2), and in
2011-12 (NIS-3). Each iteration of NIS was conducted in at least one
facility in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In each
iteration of the survey, inmates completed the survey using an audio
computer-assisted self-interview (ACASI), whereby they heard questions
and instructions via headphones and responded to the survey items via a
touch-screen interface.
The collection requested in this notice is the fourth iteration of
the National Inmate Survey. For NIS-4, administration of the survey in
prisons will take place separately from survey administration in jails.
This collection request is specific to conducting the survey in adult
prison facilities.
BJS submitted this collection for approval in 2020 in anticipation
of fielding the survey in 2021. The survey was delayed due to COVID-19
and fielding is now set to begin in 2023. The collection is slightly
modified from the version approved in 2020.
The main difference is a series of edits to items related to sexual
orientation and gender identity based on latest recommendations from
the National Institute of Health. In addition, revisions have been made
to reflect the possibility that a transgender man could be housed in a
women's prison or that a transgender woman could be housed in a men's
prison. In previous rounds of the NIS, respondents were routed through
the survey assuming that prisons housed inmates based on anatomy rather
than gender identity. We have revised our questions to make sure they
are appropriate for all inmates living in a sampled facility. A module
on parental involvement has been removed from the survey.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Prior to data
collection commencing in 2023, BJS will coordinate the logistics of
NIS-4 survey administration with staff at federal and state
correctional facilities. It is estimated that 241 facility respondents
will devote 150 minutes of time to this coordination effort. During
data collection in 2023, an estimated 75,674 federal and state prison
inmates will be interviewed, with the average interview lasting an
estimated 35 minutes.
6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The total estimated NIS-4 in Prisons public
burden, inclusive of facility staff and respondent burden estimates and
assuming a 100% response rate, is 77,288 hours. This comprises 19,522
hours of facility staff burden (coordinating the administration,
completing the facility questionnaire, and escorting inmates to and
from the interviews) and 57,766 hours of respondent interviewing
burden. The third iteration of NIS had around a 65% response rate, so
the true burden will likely be much lower.
If additional information is required contact: Robert Houser,
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice
Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.206, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: November 8, 2022.
Robert Houser,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, Policy and Planning Staff, Office
of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2022-24780 Filed 11-14-22; 8:45 am]
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