Notice2024-10971
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities
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May 20, 2024
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 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. The proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on March 11, 2024, allowing a 60-day comment period.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 98 (Monday, May 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43876-43877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10971]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0147]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously
Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: Census of State and
Federal Adult Correctional Facilities
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 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. The proposed
information collection was previously published in the Federal Register
on March 11, 2024, allowing a 60-day comment period.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until
June 20, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have 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 Laura Maruschak,
Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW,
Washington, DC 20531, (email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7a161b0f081b54171b080f0919121b113a0f091e1510541d150c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="adc1ccd8dfcc83c0ccdfd8decec5ccc6edd8dec9c2c783cac2db">[email protected]</span></a>; telephone:
202-598-0802).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal Register, volume 89 page 17524 on
March 11, 2024, allowing a 60-day comment period.
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.
Written comments and recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <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 and entering either the title of the information collection or
the OMB Control Number 1121-0147. This information collection request
may be viewed at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view
Department of Justice, information collections currently under review
by OMB.
DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than
three (3) years without renewal. The DOJ notes that information
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement, with change, of a
previously approved collection for which approval has expired. Proposed
revisions include the addition of items to measure digital technology/
internet accessibility of inmates and security staff vacancies.
2. Title of the Form/Collection: Census of State and Federal Adult
Correctional Facilities (CCF).
3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: CJ-43A and CJ-43B. The
sponsoring component is the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Affected Public: State and Federal
Government, and private entities contracted to house inmates for state
and federal government.
Abstract: The Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional
Facilities (CCF) is part of the larger Bureau of Justice Statistics'
(BJS) portfolio of establishment surveys that inform the nation on the
characteristics of adult correctional facilities and persons sentenced
to state and federal prisons. The CCF collects data at the facility
level. Data obtained are intended to describe the characteristics of
confinement and community-based adult correctional facilities that are
operated by (1) state correctional and BOP authorities or (2) private
entities that primarily house inmates for state correctional or BOP
authorities. The data collected inform issues related to the operations
of facilities and the conditions of confinement, including facility
capacity and crowding, safety and security within prisons, staff
workload, overall facility function, programming, work assignments, and
special housing. BJS plans to continue to use two instruments to
collect data on each facility eligible for the CCF with the reference
date of June 30, 2024.
Consistent with the most recent iteration of the CCF in 2019 the
2024 CJ-43A includes--
<bullet> Functions of the facility (e.g., general confinement,
community corrections, reception/diagnostic, medical treatment
confinement)
<bullet> Percentage of inmates regularly permitted to leave the
facility unaccompanied
<bullet> Whether the facility is administratively linked (e.g., share
budgets or staff) to other facilities and if they are, names of other
facilities
<bullet> Type of authority operating the facility (e.g., federal,
state, local, joint state and local, or private)
<bullet> Whether the facility is authorized to house males, females, or
both males and females
<bullet> Physical-security level of the facility
<bullet> Whether the facility has a designated geriatric unit for
inmates of advanced age
<bullet> Whether the facility has a housing unit specifically
designated for veterans
<bullet> Rated or design capacity of the facility
<bullet> Whether the facility operated under a state or federal court
order or consent decree that limited the number of inmates it could
house
<bullet> Whether the facility operated under a state or federal court
order or consent decree for specific conditions of confinement
<bullet> Year that state or federal court order or consent decree took
effect
<bullet> Number of inmates, by sex on the reference date
<bullet> Number of inmates under the age of 18 by sex on the reference
date
<bullet> Number of inmates by racial or ethnic category on the
reference date
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<bullet> Number of inmates by custody-security level on the reference
date
<bullet> Number of inmates by maximum sentence length (more than 1 year
and 1 year or less) on the reference date
<bullet> Number of inmates who were non-U.S. citizens on the reference
date
<bullet> Number of inmates being held in restrictive housing on
reference date
<bullet> Number of inmates housed in protective custody, administrative
segregation, segregated for disciplinary reasons, or other restrictive
housing on the reference date
<bullet> Number of inmates held for federal, state, local, and tribal
authorities on the reference date
<bullet> Number of staff (security and total), by sex on the reference
date
<bullet> Number of security staff by racial or ethnic category on the
reference date
<bullet> Number of misconduct/disciplinary reports filed on inmates
over a 1-year period
<bullet> Number of assaults against facility staff by inmates reported
over a 1-year period
<bullet> Number of prisoner assaults by other inmates with and without
serious injury reported over a 1-year period
<bullet> Number of disturbances that occurred at the facility over a 1-
year period
<bullet> Whether the facility has a perimeter or barriers, or
surveillance method to detect those attempting to escape
<bullet> Number of escapes by inmates that occurred at the facility
over a 1-year period
<bullet> Number of walkaways by inmates that occurred at the facility
over a 1-year period
<bullet> Types of work assignments available to inmates on the
reference date
<bullet> Types of counseling or special programs available to inmates
on the reference date
<bullet> Types of educational programs available to inmates on the
reference date
BJS is proposing to add the following items to the 2024 CJ-43A, all
of which are likely available from the same databases as existing data
elements and should pose minimal additional burden to the respondents,
while enhancing BJS's ability to characterize the corrections system
and populations it serves:
<bullet> Number of vacant security staff positions
<bullet> Accessibility of technology/internet by inmates
Based on high burden, low utilization, and/or low response rates in
the 2019 CCF, BJS is proposing to remove the following items from the
CJ-43A:
<bullet> Number of payroll and nonpayroll staff by employment status
(full-time and part-time)
<bullet> Number of security staff on average at facility by day shift,
night shift, and overnight shift
<bullet> Number of shared security staff with other administratively
linked facilities
Consistent with the most recent iteration of the CCF in 2019 the
2024 CJ-43B includes--
<bullet> Functions of the facility (e.g., general confinement,
community corrections, reception/diagnostic, medical treatment
confinement)
<bullet> Percentage of inmates regularly permitted to leave the
facility unaccompanied
<bullet> Whether the facility is administratively linked to other
facilities and if they are, names of other facilities
<bullet> Type of authority operating the facility (e.g., federal,
state, local, joint state and local, or private)
<bullet> Whether the facility is authorized to house males, females, or
both males and females
<bullet> Number of inmates by sex on the reference date
<bullet> Number of inmates under the age of 18 by sex on the reference
date
<bullet> Number of inmates by racial or ethnic category on the
reference date
<bullet> Number of inmates who were non-U.S. citizens on the reference
date
<bullet> Number of inmates held for federal, state, local, and tribal
authorities on the reference date
<bullet> Number of walkaways by inmates that occurred at the facility
over a 1-year period
<bullet> Types of counseling or special programs available to inmates
on the reference date
<bullet> Types of educational programs available to inmates on the
reference date
5. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
6. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,670 state and federal
adult correctional facilities, of which, 1,160 are confinement and 510
are community-based facilities. A central respondent may be responsible
for coordinating, compiling, and submitted data for multiple
facilities, particularly in the case of state DOCs, the BOP, and
private corporations operating multiple facilities.
7. Estimated Time per Respondent: Estimated burden for the CJ43-A
is 180 minutes and 55 minutes for the CJ-43B.
8. Frequency: One-time.
9. Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 3,947.5 hours
10. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $151,979.
If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC.
Dated: May 15, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA,U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2024-10971 Filed 5-17-24; 8:45 am]
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