[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 106 (Friday, June 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29836-29837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13724]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Extension of a 
currently approved collection.

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Prison Population Reports Midyear Population Counts and Advance 
Year-End Population Counts--National Prisoner Statistics

    The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Drug Courts 
Program Office, has submitted the following information collection 
request for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This proposed information collection is 
published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. 
Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for ``sixty days'' until 
July 31, 2001.
    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 Lawrence Greenfeld, Acting 
Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St. NW, Washington, 
DC 20531. If you need a copy of the collection instruments with 
instructions, or have additional information, please contact Paige 
Harrison at (202) 514-0809, or via facsimile at 202-307-1463.
    Overview of this information collection:
    (1) Type of information collection: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    (2) The title of the Form/Collection: Prision Population Reports 
Midyear Counts; and Prison Population Report Advance Year-end Counts--
National Prisoner Statistics.
    (3) The agency form number and the applicable component of the 
Department sponsoring the collection. Form: NPS-1A; and NPS-1B. 
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. Others: The 
Federal Bureau of Prisons. For the NPS-1A form, 52 central reports (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, 
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, the number of male and 
female inmates in their custody with maximum sentences of more than one 
year, or year or less; and unsentenced inmates; and (c) As of June 30, 
the number of male and female inmates under their jurisdiction housed 
in privately-operated facility, either in state or out of state; and 
(d) As of June 30, the number of male and female inmates in their 
custody by race and Hispanic origin.
    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, the number of male and 
female inmates under their jurisdiction with maximum sentences or more 
than one year, one year or less; and unsentenced inmates; and (b) The 
number of inmates housed in county or other local authority 
correctional facilities, or in other state or Federal facilities on 
December 31, solely to ease prison crowding; and (c) As of the direct 
result of state prison crowding during 2001, 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.
    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

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respond: 52 respondents each taking an average 3.0 hours to respond.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 156 annual burden hours.
    If additional information is required, contact: Mrs. Brenda E. 
Dyer, Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management Division, 
Suite 1220, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, National Place Building, 
Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: May 25, 2001.
Brenda E. Dyer,
Department Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of 
Justice.
[FR Doc. 01-13724 Filed 5-31-01; 8:45 am]
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