[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 3, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13070-13072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06437]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0147]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Reinstatement, with Change, of a Previously 
Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: Census of State and 
Federal Adult Correctional Facilities

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, 
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 collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register Volume 83, Number 238, 
page 63909-63911, on December 12, 2018, allowing a 60-day comment 
period. Following publication of the 60-day notice, the Bureau of 
Justice Statistics received two comments. Responses to these comments 
will be included in the final clearance package submitted to OMB.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for an additional 
30 days until May 3, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional 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 
Laura Maruschak, Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 
Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531 (email: 
[email protected]; telephone: 202-307-5986).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, 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;
--Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected can be enhanced; 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) The Title of the Form/Collection: Census of State and Federal 
Adult Correctional Facilities.
    (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: The form number for this 
collection for confinement facilities is CJ-43A and for community-based 
facilities CJ-43B. The applicable component within the Department of 
Justice is the Bureau of Justice Statistics (Corrections Unit), in the 
Office of Justice Programs.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: State departments of corrections 
(DOCs) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Others: Various local 
authorities and private entities for which primary respondents cannot 
provide facility-level data.
    The affected public consists of approximately 451 respondents, 
including 51 central state DOC and BOP reporters and an estimated 400 
reporters for locally- or privately-operated facilities primarily 
housing prisoners for state or BOP authorities. BJS will attempt to 
identify central reporters for private facilities operated by the same 
company. If successful, the overall number of respondents will be 
reduced.
    The Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities (CCF) 
is part of the larger Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) portfolio of 
establishment surveys that inform the nation on the characteristics of 
adult correctional facilities and persons sentenced to state and 
federal prisons. The CCF collects data at the facility level. Data 
obtained are intended to describe the characteristics of confinement 
and community-based adult correctional facilities that are (1) operated 
by state and BOP authorities or (2) operated by local authorities or 
private entities under contract to state or BOP authorities. The data 
collected inform issues related to the operations of facilities and the 
conditions of confinement, including facility capacity and crowding, 
safety and security within prisons, staff workload, overall facility 
function, programming, work assignments, and special housing. All data 
are submitted on a voluntary basis. Deviating from the one form 
administered in 2005, the 2019 CCF will consist of two forms- one for 
confinement facilities and one for community-based facilities. 
Consistent with the most recent iteration of the CCF in 2005, BJS plans 
to collect the following data on each confinement facility eligible for 
the census with the reference date of June 30, 2019:
     Type of authority operating facility
     Whether the facility is authorized to house males, 
females, or both males and females
     Physical-security level of the facility
     Functions of the facility
     Whether or not the facility has a designated geriatric or 
hospice unit
     Percentage of prisoners permitted to leave the facility 
unaccompanied
     Rated or design capacity of the facility
     Whether or not the facility operated under a state or 
federal court order or consent decree that limited the number of 
prisoners it could house
     Whether or not the facility operated under a state or 
federal court order or consent decree for specific conditions of 
confinement
     Year that state or federal court order or consent decree 
took effect
     Number of prisoners on the reference date
     Number of male and female prisoners under the age of 18 on 
the reference date
     Number of prisoners by racial category on the reference 
date

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     Number of prisoners by custody-security level on the 
reference date
     Number of prisoners by maximum sentence length (more than 
1 year and 1 year or less) on the reference date
     Number of prisoners who were not U.S. citizens on the 
reference date
     Number of prisoners housed in protective custody, 
administrative segregation, segregated for disciplinary reasons, or 
other restrictive housing on the reference date
     Number of prisoners held for federal, state, local, and 
tribal authorities on the reference date
     Payroll and non-payroll, full-time and part-time staff, 
employed by the facility on the reference date
     Total number of payroll and non-payroll staff by sex on 
the reference date
     Number of male and female security staff employed by the 
facility on the reference date
     Number of security staff by racial category on the 
reference date
     Number of misconduct/disciplinary reports filed on 
prisoners over a one-year period
     Number of assaults against facility staff by prisoners 
reported over a one-year period
     Number of prisoner assaults by other prisoners reported 
over a one-year period
     Number of disturbances that occurred at the facility over 
a one-year period
     Number of escapes by prisoners that occurred at the 
facility over a one-year period
     Number of walkaways by prisoners that occurred at the 
facility over a one-year period
     Types of work assignments available to prisoners on the 
reference date
     Types of educational programs available to prisoners on 
the reference date
     Types of counseling or special programs available to 
prisoners on the reference date
    BJS is proposing to add the following items, all of which are 
likely available from the same databases as existing data elements and 
should pose minimal additional burden to the respondents, while 
enhancing BJS's ability to characterize the corrections system and 
populations it serves:
     Whether the facility is administratively linked to other 
facilities and if they are, names of other facilities
     Whether or not the facility has a housing unit 
specifically designated for veterans
     Number of prisoners being held in restrictive housing on 
reference date
     Number of security staff on average at facility by day 
shift, night shift, and overnight shift
     Number of shared security staff with other 
administratively-linked facilities
     Number of prisoner assaults by other prisoners resulting 
in serious injury and without serious injury over a one-year period
    Finally, BJS is proposing to remove the following items, based on 
high burden, low utilization, duplication of other BJS data collection 
efforts, and/or low response rates in 2005:
     Year facility was constructed
     Plans to renovate or close the facility during the next 
three years
     Net effect of planned changes in terms of bed capacity of 
the facility
     Number of prisoners housed in a geriatric unit on the 
reference date
     Number of confined prisoners sentenced to death on the 
reference date
     Average daily population of male and female prisoners over 
a one-year period
     Per diem fees paid to the facility for housing for 
federal, state, or local authorities
     Number of male and female administrators, clerical and 
maintenance, educational, professional, and technical staff employed by 
the facility on the reference date
     Number of full-time and part-time payroll staff by racial 
category on the reference date
     Number of part-time security staff by racial category on 
the reference date
     Number of facility staff deaths resulting from assaults by 
prisoners for a one-year period
     Number of disturbances by type (major or other) that 
occurred at the facility over a one-year period
     Number of prisoners at the facility that had work 
assignments on the reference date
     Whether the facility operates a work release program, and 
if so, number of prisoners participating in the program on the 
reference date
    As mentioned above, the CCF will consist of two data collection 
instruments. Above described the confinement facility collection. The 
community-based facility form is consistent with the confinement form, 
but the number of data elements collected is reduced. The following 
will be collected from each community-based correctional facility 
eligible for the census with the reference date of June 30, 2019:
     Functions of the facility
     Percentage of prisoners regularly permitted to leave the 
facility unaccompanied
     Whether the facility is administratively linked to other 
facilities and if they are, names of other facilities
     Type of authority operating facility
     Whether the facility is authorized to house males, 
females, or both males and females
     Number of prisoners on the reference date
     Number of male and female prisoners under the age of 18 on 
the reference date
     Number of prisoners by racial category on the reference 
date
     Number of prisoners who were not U.S. citizens on the 
reference date
     Number of prisoners held for federal, state, local, and 
tribal authorities on the reference date
     Number of walkaways by prisoners that occurred at the 
facility over a one-year period
     Types of educational programs available to prisoners on 
the reference date
     Types of counseling or special programs available to 
prisoners on the reference date
    BJS uses the information gathered in CCF in published reports and 
statistics. The reports will be made available to the U.S. Congress, 
Executive Office of the President, practitioners, researchers, 
students, the media, others interested in criminal justice statistics, 
and the general public via the BJS website.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: There are an 
estimated 451 respondents reporting for approximately 2,000 
facilities--1,400 confinement and 600 community-based. It is estimated 
to take 2 hours and 45 minutes to complete each confinement facility 
census form and 45 minutes for each community-based correctional 
facility census form.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There is an estimated 4,413 total burden hours 
associated with this collection, fewer than in 2005. The 4,413 includes 
the time associated for reviewing instructions, searching existing data 
sources, gathering necessary data, completing and reviewing this form, 
and an additional 113 burden hours for data quality follow up. While 
there is an increase of approximately 300 facilities anticipated to be 
in scope for the 2019 collection, the decrease in burden hours is 
attributed to the implementation of a short form for the estimated 600 
community-based facilities and the decrease in the number of questions 
being asked in the longer confinement facility form.

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    If additional information is required, contact: Melody Braswell, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405B, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: March 29, 2019.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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