[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67409-67410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33604]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs


Bureau of Justice Statistics; Agency Information Collection 
Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Prison 
Population Reports Midyear Population Counts and Advance Year-end 
Population Counts--National Prisoner Statistics 1997.

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    The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments 
from the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will 
be accepted for sixty days from the date listed at the top of this page 
in the Federal Register. This process is in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    Request written comments and suggestions from the public and 
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information. 
Your comments should address one or more of the following four points:
    (1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) 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.
    If you have additional comments, suggestions, or additional 
information, especially regarding the estimated public burden and 
associated response time, please write to Dr. Jan M. Chaiken, Director, 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St. NW, Washington, D.C. 
20531. If you need a copy of the collection instruments with 
instructions, or have additional information, please contact James 
Stephan at (202) 616-3289, or via facsimile at 202-307-1463.
    Overview of this information collection:
    (1) Type of information collection. Revision of currently approved 
collection.
    (2) The title of the Form/Collection: Prison Population Reports 
Midyear Counts; and Prison Population Report Advance Year-end Counts--
National Prisoner Statistics 1997.
    (3) The agency form number and the applicable component of the 
Department sponsoring the collection. Form: NPS-1A; and NPS-1B. 
Corrections Unit, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice 
Programs, United States Department of Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked to respond, as well as a 
brief abstract: Primary: State Departments of Corrections. Others: The 
Federal Bureau of Prisons. For the NPS-1A form, 52 central reporters 
(one from each State, the District of Columbia, 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 June 30, 1996 and June 30, 1997, the number of male and 
female inmates under their jurisdiction with maximum sentences of more 
than one year, one year or less; and unsentenced inmates; and
    (b) As of June 30, 1996 and June 30, 1997, the number of male and 
female inmates in their custody with maximum sentences of more than one 
year, one year or less; and unsentenced inmates.
    For the NPS-1B form, 52 central reporters (one from each State, the 
District of Columbia, 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, 1996 and December 31, 1997, the number of 
male and female inmates under their jurisdiction with maximum sentences 
of more than one year, one year or less; and unsentenced inmates;
    (b) The number of inmates housed in county or other local authority 
correctional facilities, or in other state or Federal facilities on 
December 31, 1997 solely to ease prison crowding;
    (c) As of the direct result of state prison crowding during 1997, 
the number of inmates released via court order, administrative 
procedure or statute, accelerated release, sentence reduction, 
emergency release, or other expedited release; and
    (d) The aggregate rated, operational, and design capacities, by 
sex, of each State's correctional facilities at year-end 1997.
    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) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time needed for an average respondent to respond: 52 respondents 
each taking an average 2.5 hours to respond.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 130 annual burden hours.

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    If additional information is required, contact: Mr. Robert B. 
Briggs, Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management Division, 
Suite 850, Washington Center, 1001 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: December 18, 1997.
Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 97-33604 Filed 12-23-97; 8:45 am]
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