Notice2025-20589
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country
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Published
November 21, 2025
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Justice Department
Abstract
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 223 (Friday, November 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52704-52705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20589]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0364]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection:
Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-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 60 days until
January 20, 2026.
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
Carol Ann Sharo, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 999 N. Capitol ST NE,
8th Floor, Washington, DC 20531, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#85e7eff6f5f7e4abe6eae8e8e0ebf1f6c5eaeff5abf0f6e1eaefabe2eaf3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e6848c95969487c885898b8b83889295a6898c96c8939582898cc8818990">[email protected]</span></a>;
telephone: 202-307-0765].
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.
Abstract: Through the Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC), the
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) collects annual aggregated
administrative data from all Indian country jails, which consists of
approximately 77 confinement facilities, detention centers, and other
correctional facilities operated by tribal authorities or the Bureau of
Indian Affairs (BIA). Facility administrators provide data on SJIC form
CJ-5B that meet the definitions provided by BJS for items including:
the number of inmates confined by demographic information, number of
new admissions and final discharges, the average daily population (ADP)
and peak population, the number of attempted suicides and deaths, the
rated capacity to hold inmates, and the number of staff employed in
Indian country jails. 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.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement, with changes, of
a previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Annual Survey of Jails in
Indian Country (SJIC).
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: The form number is CJ-5B:
Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC). The applicable
component within the Department of Justice is the Bureau of Justice
Statistics (BJS), in the Office of Justice Programs. The Bureau of
Justice Statistics (BJS) requests clearance to conduct the Annual
Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC) for a three-year period.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as the obligation to respond: Affected Public Respondents will
include tribal and federal governments which will include approximately
77 confinement facilities, detention centers, and other correctional
facilities operated by tribal authorities or the Bureau of Indian
Affairs. The obligation to respond is voluntary.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: BJS estimates
approximately 77 Indian country correctional facilities will complete
SJIC form CJ-5B. The estimated time for each respondent is 55 minutes
total including contact verification, survey completion, and data
quality follow-up. The burden estimate is based on the paradata BJS
collected from the 2024 administration of the SJIC.
6. An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The burden hours will be approximately 70.5 hours
total for all facilities per year and 211.5 hours total for all
facilities over the course of three years.
7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection, if applicable: $205,537.
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Total Burden Hours
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Number of Frequency Total annual Time per Total annual
Activity respondents (annually) responses response (min) burden (hours)
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Survey of tribal and federal 77 1 77 55 70.5
governments....................
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Unduplicated Totals......... 77 .............. 77 .............. 70.5
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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: November 19, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-20589 Filed 11-20-25; 8:45 am]
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