[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48889-48890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18317]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs


Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection; 
Comment Requested

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: National 
Prisoner Statistics-Prison Population Reports, NPS-1A, Midyear 
Population Counts, NPS-1B: Advance Endyear Population Counts.

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, has 
submitted the following information collection to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 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'' until October 12, 2004. This process is conducted in accordance 
with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    If you have comments especially regarding the estimated public 
burden and associated response time, or need a copy of the proposed 
information collection instrument with instructions or additional 
information, please contact Paige Harrison by e-mail at 
[email protected].
    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 collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information will have practical utility;
--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;
--Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be 
collected; 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.
    Overview of this information collection:
    (1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently 
approved collection
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: National Prisoner Statistics-
Prison Population Reports, NPS-1A, Midyear Population Counts, NPS-1B: 
Advance Endyear Population Counts.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form number: NPS-1A; 
and NPS-1B. Office of Justice Programs, U.S. 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, 51 central reporters 
(one from each State 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, one year or less; 
and unsentenced inmates; and
    (c) As of June 30, the number of male and female inmates under 
their jurisdiction housed in a privately-operated facility, either in 
state or out of state; and
    (d) As of June 30, the number of male and females inmates in their 
custody by race and Hispanic origin.
    For the NPS-1B form, 51 central reporters (one from each 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 of 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 respond: There are 
approximately 51 respondents each taking an average of 3.0 hours to 
respond.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are approximately153 annual burden hours 
associated with this collection.
    If additional information is required, contact: Mrs. Brenda E. 
Dyer, Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice 
Management Division, Policy and Planning staff, Patrick Henry Building, 
Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.


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    Dated: August 5, 2004.
Brenda E. Dyer,
Clearance Officer, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 04-18317 Filed 8-10-04; 8:45 am]
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