[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 234 (Thursday, December 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68900-68901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23677]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OMB Number 1121-0102]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection; 
Comment Requested

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Extension 
and revision of existing collection(s). Prison Population Reports: 
Midyear Population Counts and Summary of Sentenced. Population 
Movement--National Prisoner Statistics.

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, will 
be submitting 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 February 4, 2008. 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] or at (202) 514-0809.
    Request 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:
    (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.

Overview of This Information Collection

    (1) Type of Information Collection: Extension and minor revision 
currently approved collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Prison Population Reports Midyear 
Counts; and Summary of Sentenced Population Movement--National Prisoner 
Statistics.
    (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) 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

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    (c) The number of male and female inmates under their jurisdiction 
housed in privately-operated facility, either in state or out of state;
    (d) The number of male and female inmates in their custody by race 
and Hispanic origin;
    (e) The number of male and female inmates under the age of 18 held 
in their system; and
    (f) The number of male and female non-citizen inmates held in their 
system.
    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 within 
their custody and under their jurisdiction with maximum sentences of 
more than one year, one year or less; and unsentenced inmates;
    (b) The number of inmates housed in privately operated facilities, 
county or other local authority correctional facilities, or in other 
state or Federal facilities on December 31;
    (c) Prison admission information in the calendar year 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;
    (d) Prison release information in the calendar year 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;
    (e) Number of inmates under jurisdiction on December 31 by race and 
Hispanic origin;
    (f) Testing of incoming inmates for HIV; and HIV infection and AIDS 
cases on December 31; and
    (g) 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 to both forms: 51 
respondents each taking an average 8.0 total hours to respond (1.5 
hours for the NPS-1A and 6.5 hours for the NPS-1B). Burden hours are up 
by 255 hours under this clearance because we are adding the elements 
from the NPS-1 form (approved under OMB number 1121-0078), with 51 
respondents each taking an estimated 6 hours to complete. However, we 
are also eliminating the previous NPS-1B form due to redundancy, 51 
respondents at 1.5 hours each, thus reducing the overall burden of the 
NPS series by 76.5 hours.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 408 annual burden hours.
    If additional information is required, contact: Ms. Lynn Bryant, 
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: November 30, 2007.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice.
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