[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39537-39538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19057]


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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: Revision of a 
currently approved collection; Deaths in custody, 2001.

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    Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval is being sought for 
the information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on May 7, 
2001, Volume 66, page 23045 allowing for a 60-day public comment period 
on this information collection.
    The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for 
public comments. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 
``thirty days'' until August 30, 2001. This process is conducted in 
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained 
in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and 
associated response time, should be directed to the Office of 
Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Attn.: Mr. Nathan Knuffman, 202-395-6466, Department of Justice Desk 
Officer, Room 10235, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 
20503. Additionally, comments may be submitted to OMB via facsimile to 
202-395-7285.
    If you have additional comments, suggestions, or additional 
information, please send them to Lawrence A. Greenfield, Acting 
Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St. NW, Washington, 
DC 20531. If you need a copy of the collection instrument with 
instructions, or have additional information, please contact 
Christopher J. Mumola at 202-307-5995, or via facsimile at 202-514-
1757.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 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;

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    (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.

Overview of This Information Collection

    (1) Type of information collection: Expansion of existing data 
collection.
    (2) The title of the form/collection: Deaths In Custody 2000; 
Quarterly Summary of Inmate Deaths in State Prison; State Prison Inmate 
Death Report Quarterly Summary of Deaths in State Juvenile Residential 
Facilities; State Juvenile Residential Death Report Quarterly Report on 
Inmates Under Jail Jurisdiction;
    Annual Summary on Inmates Under Jail Jurisdiction; Quarterly Report 
on Inmates in Private and Multi-Jurisdiction Jails; Annual Summary on 
Inmates in Private and Multi-Jurisdiction Jails.
    (3) The agency form numbers and the applicable component of the 
Department sponsoring the collection: Forms: NPS-4, NPS-4A, NPS-5, NPS-
5A, CJ-9, CJ-9A, CJ-10 and CJ-10A. Corrections Statistics 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: Local jail administrators, (one reporter from each of the 
3,083 local jail jurisdictions in the United States), State prison 
administrators (one reporter from each of the 50 States and the 
District of Columbia) and State juvenile correctional administrators 
(one reporter from each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia) 
responsible for keeping records on inmates will be asked to provide 
information for the following categories:
    (a) During each reporting quarter, the number of deaths of persons 
in their custody; and
    (b) As of January 1 and December 31 of each reporting year, the 
number of male and female inmates in their custody (local jails only); 
and
    (c) Between January 1 and December 31 of each reporting year, the 
number of male and female inmates admitted to their custody (local 
jails only); and
    (d) The name, date of birth, gender, race/ethnic origin, and date 
of death for each inmate who died in their custody during each 
reporting quarter; and
    (e) The admission date, legal status, and current offense for each 
inmate who dies in their custody during the reporting quarter; and
    (f) Whether or not an autopsy was conducted by a medical examiner 
or coroner to determine the cause of each inmate death that took place 
in their custody during the reporting quarter; and
    (g) The location and cause of each inmate death took place in their 
custody during the reporting quarter; and
    (h) In cases where the cause of death was illness/natural causes 
(including AIDS), whether or not the cause of each inmate death was the 
result of a pre-existing medical condition, and whether or not the 
inmate had been receiving treatment for that medical condition; and
    (i) In cases where the cause of death was accidental injury, 
suicide, or homicide, when and where the incident causing the inmates's 
death took place.
    As part of the conference agreement for FY 2000 appropriations, the 
Bureau of Justice Statistics was directed by the U.S. Congress ``to 
implement a voluntary annual reporting system of all deaths occurring 
in law enforcement custody.'' BJS received OMB approval to conduct such 
an annual collection (OMB No. 1121-0249). In the time since submitting 
that collection for OMB approval, the President signed The Deaths in 
Custody Act of 2000 into law (Pub. L. 106-297). To comply with Public 
Law 106-297's new requirement for a quarterly collection of inmate 
death data from local jails, State prisons, juvenile facilities and 
police custody, BJS is now submitting for clearance the following 
series of forms: NPS-4, NPS-4A, NPS-5, NPS-5A, CJ-9, CJ-9A, CJ-10, and 
CJ-10A. This collection will supplement the annual data on prison 
inmate deaths which the Bureau of Justice Statistics already collects 
as part of the National Prisoners Statistics program and the National 
Corrections Reporting Program. The Bureau of Justice Statistics will 
use this new information to publish an annual report on deaths in 
custody. The report will be made available to the U.S. Congress, 
Executive Office of the President, practitioners, researchers, 
students, the media, and others interested in criminal justice 
statistics and data.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time needed for an average respondent to respond is broken down as 
follows:

Local jails/quarterly--3,083 respondents (average response time = 5 
minutes + 30 minutes per reported death)
Local jails/annual--3,083 respondents (average response time = 15 
minutes)
State prisons/quarterly--51 respondents (average response time = 5 
minutes)
State prisons addendum/quarterly--51 respondents (average response time 
= 30 minutes per reported death)
State juvenile corrections/quarterly--51 respondents (average response 
time = 5 minutes)
State juvenile corrections addendum/quarterly--51 respondents (average 
response time = 30 minutes per reported death)

    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection:
    There are 3,802.42 annual burden hours associated with this 
information collection.
    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 1600, Patrick Henry Building, 601 D Street NW., Washington, DC 
20530.

    Dated: July 20, 2001.
Brenda E. Dyer,
Department Deputy Clearance Officer, Department of Justice.
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