[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4176-4177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01411]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OMB Number 1121-0102]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection; 
Comment Requested; Extension and Revision of Existing Collection(s): 
Prison Population Reports: Summary of Sentenced Population Movement--
National Prisoner Statistics

ACTION: 60-Day Notice.

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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 March 25, 2014. 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 E. Ann Carson by email at 
[email protected] or at (202) 316-3496.
    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 of 
currently approved collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: 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:
    (a) Form number: NPS-1B. Office of Justice Programs, U.S. 
Department of Justice.
    (b) Form number: NPS-1B(T). Office of Justice Programs, U.S. 
Department of Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked to respond, as well as a 
brief abstract: For the NPS-1B 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 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) Number of inmates in custody classified as non-citizens and/or 
under 18 years of age;
    (g) Testing of incoming inmates for HIV; and HIV infection and AIDS 
cases on December 31; and
    (h) The aggregated rated, operational, and/or design capacities, by 
sex, of the state/BOP's correctional facilities at year-end.
    For the NPS-1B(T) form, five central reporters from the U.S. 
Territories and Commonwealths of Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern 
Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa will be asked 
to provide information for the following categories for the calendar 
year just ended, and, if available, for the previous calendar year:
    (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; and an 
assessment of the completeness of these counts (complete, partial, or 
estimated)
    (b) The number of inmates under jurisdiction on December 31 but in 
the custody of facilities operated by other jurisdictions' authorities 
solely to reduce prison overcrowding;
    (c) Number of inmates under jurisdiction on December 31 by race and 
Hispanic origin;
    (d) The aggregated rated, operational, and/or design capacities, by 
sex, of the territory's/Commonwealth'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:
    (a) NPS-1B form: 51 respondents, each taking an average 6.5 total 
hours to respond.
    (b) NPS-1B(T) form: 5 respondents, each taking an average of 2 
hours to respond.
    Burden hours remain the same for the 51 respondents to the NPS-1B 
form. An additional 10 hours are added for the 5 respondents to the 
NPS-1B(T) form.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 342 annual burden hours.
    If additional information is required contact: Jerri Murray, 
Department

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Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice 
Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two Constitution 
Square, 145 N Street NE., Room 3W-1407B, Washington, DC 20530.

     Dated: January 21, 2014.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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