[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59577-59578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29465]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Justice Programs Office


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

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection Under Review: the Parole Data 
Survey and the Probation Data Survey.

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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 Tom 
Bonczar at (202) 616-3615, 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: The Parole Data Survey and 
the Probation Data Survey.
    (3) The agency form number and the applicable component of the 
Department sponsoring the collection: Forms: CJ-7; and CJ-8. 
Corrections Statistics, 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 or State 
probation and Parole authority. Others: The Federal Bureau of Prisons, 
city and county courts and probation offices for which a central 
reporting authority does not exist. For the CJ-7 form, 54 central 
reporters (two State jurisdictions in California and one each from the 
remaining States, the District of Columbia, the Federal Bureau of

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Prisons, and one local authority) responsible for keeping records on 
parolees will be asked to provide information for the following 
categories:
    (a) As of January 1, 1999 and December 31, 1999, the number of 
adult parolees under their jurisdiction;
    (b) The number of adults entering parole during 1999 through 
discretionary release from prison, mandatory release from prison, or 
reinstatement of parole;
    (c) The number of adults released from parole during 1999 through 
successful completion, incarceration, transfers to another parole 
jurisdiction, or death;
    (d) As of December 31, 1999, the number of male and female parolees 
under their jurisdiction;
    (e) As of December 31, 1999, the number of white, black, American 
Indian or Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, or other adult 
parolees, and the number of adult parolees of Hispanic origin under 
their jurisdiction;
    (f) As of December 31, 1999, the number of adult parolees under 
their jurisdiction with a sentence of more than one year, or a year or 
less;
    (g) As of December 31, 1999, the number of adult parolees under 
their jurisdiction who were active, inactive, absconders, or supervised 
out of state;
    (h) Whether the parolee authority operated an intensive supervision 
program, a program involving electronic monitoring, or had any parolees 
enrolled in a program that approximates a bootcamp, and the number of 
adult parolees in each of the programs as of December 31, 1999; and
    (i) Whether the parolee authority supervised any parolees from 
local jails as of December 31, 1999.
    For the CJ-8 form 271 reporters (one from each State, the District 
of Columbia, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons; and 219 from local 
authorities) responsible for keeping records on inmates will be asked 
to provide information for the following categories:
    (a) As of January 1, 1999 and December 31, 1999, the number of 
adult probationers under their jurisdiction;
    (b) The number of adults entering probation during 1999 with and 
without a sentence to incarceration;
    (c) The number of adults released from probation during 1999 
through successful completion, incarceration, and death;
    (d) As of December 31, 1999, the number of male and female 
probationers under their jurisdiction;
    (e) As of December 31, 1999, the number of white, black, American 
Indian or Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, or other adult 
probationers, and the number of adult probationers of Hispanic origin 
under their jurisdiction;
    (f) As of December 31, 1999, the number of adult probationers under 
their jurisdiction who were sentenced for a felony, misdemeanor, or 
driving while intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol;
    (g) As of December 31, 1999, the number of adult probationers under 
their jurisdiction who had entered probation with a suspended sentence 
to incarceration, a suspended imposition of sentence, a direct sentence 
to probation, or a split sentence to probation;
    (h) As of December 31, 1999, the number of adult probationers under 
their jurisdiction who were active; inactive, absconders, or supervised 
out of state; and
    (i) Whether the probation authority operated an intensive 
supervision program, a program involving electronic monitoring, or had 
any probationers enrolled in a program that approximates a bootcamp, 
and the number of adult probationers in each of the programs as of 
December 31, 1999.
    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: Three hundred and 
twenty-five respondents each taking an average 1.5 hours to respond.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 488 annual burden hours.
    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: October 29, 1998.
Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice.
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