Notice2022-25801
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: National Inmate Survey in Jails (NIS-4J)
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Published
November 28, 2022
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Justice Department
Abstract
The Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice (DOJ), 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 227 (Monday, November 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73036-73037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25801]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0376]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection:
National Inmate Survey in Jails (NIS-4J)
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs,
Department of Justice (DOJ), 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 30 days until
December 28, 2022.
ADDRESSES: 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.
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#77361a0e593b160210120537020413181d59101801"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fdbc9084d3b19c889a988fbd888e999297d39a928b">[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,
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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
Jails (NIS-4J).
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 State or Local
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.
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
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
touchscreen interface.
The collection requested in this notice is the fourth iteration of
the National Inmate Survey in Jails. 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 jail facilities.
BJS submitted this collection for approval in summer 2022. Since
then, changes have been made to several items in the collection. The
main differences include editing of items in the ACASI survey and
facility questionnaire, removal of items from the facility
questionnaire, editing of sampling plan, and editing of consent forms
and scripts.
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 jail facilities. It is
estimated that 290 facility respondents will devote 150 minutes of time
to this coordination effort, not including staff escort time. During
data collection in 2023, jail staff will escort an estimated 65,360
jail inmates to/from the interviews, which consists of a short consent
administration and an approximately 35-minute survey.
6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The total estimated NIS-4 Jails public burden,
inclusive of facility staff and respondent burden estimates, is 64,010
hours. This comprises 17,065 hours of facility staff burden and 46,945
hours of respondent interviewing burden. This burden estimate assumes
100% participation from both facilities and inmates, but historically
both facility and inmate participation have not reached 100%. For
purposes of comparison, during Year 3 of the NIS, the total maximum
burden was estimated at 68,078 hours for the jail sample. The total
burden used was 33,022 hours.
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 21, 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. 2022-25801 Filed 11-25-22; 8:45 am]
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