Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Extension, With Changes, of a Currently Approved: National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS)

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September 30, 2025

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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.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46930-46931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18908]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0102]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Extension, With Changes, of a Currently Approved:
National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS)

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.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until
October 30, 2025.

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 Derek Mueller,
Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 999 N Capitol ST NE, 8th
Floor, Washington, DC 20531 (email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#195b534a494b58377a7674747c776d6a59767369376c6a7d7673377e766f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b2f0f8e1e2e0f39cd1dddfdfd7dcc6c1f2ddd8c29cc7c1d6ddd89cd5ddc4">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>;
telephone: 202-307-0765).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal Register on July 24, 2025, allowing
a 60-day comment period. BJS received one request for the survey
instrument and one comment under the 60-day notice.
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 using 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 [1121-0102]. 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: Extension, With Changes, of a
Currently Approved Collection.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection: National Prisoner Statistics
program.
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 incarcerated males and females
within their custody and under their jurisdiction with maximum
sentences of more than one year, one year or less, and unsentenced;
(b) The number of incarcerated individuals 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 incarcerated individuals under jurisdiction on
December 31 by race and Hispanic origin;
(f) Number of incarcerated individuals under physical custody on
December 31 classified as non-citizens, U.S. citizens, and unsentenced;
(g) Number of incarcerated individuals under physical custody on
December 31 who are citizens of the U.S. with maximum sentences of more

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than one year, one year or less, and unsentenced;
(h) The source of U.S. citizenship data; and
(i) 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 incarcerated males and females
within their custody and under their jurisdiction with maximum
sentences of more than one year, one year or less and unsentenced; and
an assessment of the completeness of these counts (complete, partial,
or estimated);
(b) The number of incarcerated individuals under jurisdiction on
December 31 but in the custody of facilities operated by other
jurisdictions' authorities solely to reduce prison overcrowding;
(c) Number of incarcerated individuals 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. Obligation to Respond: The obligation to respond is voluntary.
6. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Data collection
conducted in 2026, 2027, and 2028 (collecting prison data from 2025,
2026, and 2027, respectively) will require each respondent to spend an
average of 4.5 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 estimates are based on feedback from
respondents, and the burden is reduced from the previous clearance due
to the removal of the HIV/AIDS module.
7. Estimated Time per Respondent: NPS-1B will take an average of
300 minutes (5 hours) or NPS 1B-T will take an average of 60 minutes (1
hour) to complete.
8. Frequency: Each respondent will complete the NPS-1B or NPS 1B-T
once.
9. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: There is an estimated 795 total burden hours
associated with this collection for the three years of data collection,
or approximately 265 hours for each year.
10. Total Estimate Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

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Total Monetized
Number of Time per annual Hourly value of
Jurisdiction & form Activity respondents Freq. response burden rate * respondent
(minutes) (hours) time
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State departments of corrections and the Assemble and report data.......... 51 1 270 229.5 $38.50 $8,835.75
Federal Bureau of Prisons (NPS-1B).
Non-response follow-up contact, 51 1 20 17 38.50 654.50
clarification questions (if
needed).
Review and approve final data 51 1 10 8.5 38.50 327.50
tabulations.
U.S. Territories and Commonwealths (NPS-1B(T)). Assemble and report data.......... 5 1 100 8.3 38.50 319.55
Non-response follow-up contact, 5 1 15 1.3 38.50 50.05
clarification questions (if
needed).
Review and approve final data 5 1 5 0.4 38.50 15.40
tabulations.
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Total...................................... .................................. 56 ....... ........... 265 ........ 10,202.75
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If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC 20530.

Dated: September 25, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-18908 Filed 9-29-25; 8:45 am]
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