[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24840-24841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9344]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comments Requested

ACTION: 30-day notice of information collection under review: national 
prisoner statistics, summary of sentenced population movement.

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP) 
has submitted the following information collection request 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. This proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register volume 70, number 41, page 
10412 on March 3, 2005, allowing for a 60 day comment period.
    The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days 
for public comment until June 10, 2005. This process is conducted in 
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained 
in this notice, especially the estimated public burden and associated 
response time, should be directed to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention 
Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503. Additionally, 
comments may be submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202) 395-5806. 
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 proposed 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 agencies estimate of the 
burden of the proposed 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, 
Summary of Sentenced Population Movement
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department sponsoring the collection: Form: NPS-1. Corrections 
Statistics, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, 
United States Department of Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: For the NPS-1 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 prison admission 
information for the following categories: New court commitments, parole 
violators, other conditional release violators returned, transfers from 
other jurisdictions, AWOLs and escapees returned, and returns from 
appeal and bond. Respondents will also be asked to provide prison 
release information for the following categories: Expirations of 
sentence, commutations, other conditional releases, probations, 
supervised mandatory releases, paroles, other conditional releases, 
deaths by cause, AWOLs, escapes, transfers to other jurisdictions, and 
releases to appeal or bond. In addition, respondents will be asked for 
data on jurisdictional and custody populations at yearend by gender for 
inmates with over 1 year maximum sentence, and inmates with a year or 
less maximum sentence; for information on the number of state inmates 
housed in facilities operated by a county or other local authority on 
December 31 to ease prison crowding; the number of state inmates housed 
in a privately operated

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correctional facility; inmates on December 31 by race and Hispanic 
origin; testing of incoming inmates for HIV; and HIV infection and AIDS 
cases on December 31.
    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 estimated for an average respondent to respond/reply: BJS 
estimates 51 respondents will respond to the collection. It will take 
the average respondent approximately 6.5 hours to respond to the 
information collection.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The estimated total annual burden hours associated 
with this information collection is 332.
    If additional information is required contact: Brenda E. Dyer, 
Department 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.

    Dated: May 5, 2005.
Brenda E. Dyer,
Department Clearance Officer, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 05-9344 Filed 5-10-05; 8:45 am]
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