[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 210 (Monday, October 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67224-67225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28007]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OMB Number 1121-0147]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection, 
Comments Requested: Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously 
Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired; 2012-2013 Census of 
State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities

ACTION: 60-day notice of information collection under review.

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Justice Statistics will 
be submitting 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 collected is published to obtain comments from the public 
and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 
``sixty days'' until December 30, 2011. This process is conducted in 
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    If you have comments, especially on the estimated public burden or 
associated response time, suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed 
information collection instrument with instructions or additional 
information, please contact Tracy L. Snell or James J. Stephan, 
Statisticians, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice 
Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, 810 Seventh Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20531 (phone: (202) 307-0765).
    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 agency's 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: Reinstatement, with change, of 
a previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
    (2) Title of the Collection: 2012-2013 Census of State and Federal 
Adult Correctional Facilities.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Numbers: CJ-43A 
Individual Facility List; CJ-43B: Individual Facility Information; and 
CJ-43 Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities (under 
development; this form will be submitted in a substantive change 
package when the materials are ready for review). 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: State Departments of Corrections authorities. 
Others: Authorities from the Federal Bureau of Prisons and 
administrators of privately-operated prison facilities. The Census of 
State and Federal Correctional Facilities obtains information on 
individual facilities designed to house adults sentenced to confinement 
by State, Federal, or District of Columbia courts. These facilities 
include prisons, penitentiaries, and correctional institutions; boot 
camps; prison farms; reception, diagnostic, and classification centers; 
road camps; forestry and conservation camps; youthful offender 
facilities (except in California); vocational training facilities; 
prison hospitals; drug and alcohol treatment facilities; prerelease 
centers; halfway houses; and State-operated local detention facilities.
    The CJ-43A, Facility Roster: An estimated 71 respondents from state 
departments of correction, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and 
corporations operating private prisons will be provided with a list of 
facilities in their jurisdictions (CJ-43A). Respondents will be asked 
to provide the information requested in the CJ-43B (see below) for each 
individual facility in their jurisdiction. Respondents can opt to use 
this listing to aid them in identifying individual facilities in 
operation on March 31, 2012, the anticipated survey reference date, or 
they can opt to provide the information based on a list of facilities 
generated through their own

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data systems. The CJ-43A is intended to be used as an aid and is not 
intended as an instrument to be filled out, so there is no burden 
associated with this instrument.
    The CJ-43B collection instrument: An estimated 71 respondents from 
state departments of correction, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and 
corporations operating private prisons will be asked to provide basic 
facility information for an estimated 2,200 adult correctional 
facilities. The CJ-43B identifies the elements to be collected for each 
facility. These items include name and location of the facility, sex of 
inmates housed, physical security of the facility, percentage of 
inmates regularly permitted to leave the facility unaccompanied, a one-
day count of inmates by sex, and future plans to modify or close the 
facility. Based on the preference of the respondent, these data can be 
submitted via an electronic datafile generated from the respondent's 
information management system or via individual forms for each 
facility. The Bureau of Justice Statistics will use information 
obtained from the CJ-43B to develop a sampling frame for future inmate 
surveys as well as to respond to queries from the U.S. Congress, 
Executive Office of the President, the U.S. Supreme Court, state 
officials, international organizations, researchers, students, the 
media, and others seeking facility-level statistics.
    The CJ-43: Respondents from state departments of correction, the 
Federal Bureau of Prisons, and corporations operating private prisons 
will be asked to provide detailed facility information for an estimated 
2,200 facilities in operation. This collection instrument is under 
development, but is expected to include items regarding facility 
characteristics, such as facility functions, capacity, and court orders 
or consent decrees under which facilities are operating; population 
characteristics, including special populations housed; staff 
characteristics; measures of facility security; and facility programs. 
BJS expects to consult with corrections experts and professionals to 
determine other topical items to be included in this collection. These 
statistics will provide a snapshot of adult correctional institutions 
in the United States and will be used to respond to queries from 
administrators, legislators, researchers, and planners to track changes 
in the numbers and types of facilities in operation, changes in 
staffing, security issues, and programs/services available to inmates 
in the state and federal correctional systems. A supplemental approval 
will be submitted to OMB when the materials are ready for review.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 2,200 responses 
at 15 minutes each for the CJ-43B. The estimated time is based on 
feedback from state and federal corrections department staff. The total 
burden estimate is based on the conservative assumption that all 
respondents would submit separate forms for each facility; however, it 
is expected that the majority of respondents will choose to submit a 
single electronic file generated from their information management 
systems. The CJ-43 is still in the planning stages. A supplemental 
approval and burden adjustment will be sought through OMB when the 
materials are ready for review.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are an estimated 550 annual total burden 
hours associated with the collection.
    If additional information is required contact: Mrs. Jerri Murray, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., Suite 2E-508, Washington, DC 
20530.

Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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