[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 29 (Monday, February 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9306-9307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02939]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0364]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously 
Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: Annual Survey of 
Jails in Indian Country

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 60-Day Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, 
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 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.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
April 14, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have comments especially on the

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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 Todd D. Minton, 
(email: [email protected]; telephone: 202-598-7226), Bureau of 
Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531.

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 using 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 changes, of 
a previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
    2. Title of the Form/Collection: Annual Survey of Jails in Indian 
Country (SJIC).
    3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: The form number is CJ-
5B: Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC). The applicable 
component within the Department of Justice is the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics (BJS), in the Office of Justice Programs. The Bureau of 
Justice Statistics (BJS) requests clearance to conduct the Annual 
Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC) for a three-year period.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Respondents will include approximately 80 
confinement facilities, detention centers, and other correctional 
facilities operated by tribal authorities or the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs.
    Abstract: BJS has conducted the SJIC since 1998 (excluding 2005 and 
2006). The survey asks about the number of adults and juveniles held, 
sex of inmates, conviction status, seriousness of inmates' offenses, 
number of admissions and releases, number of inmate deaths, average 
daily population, peak population, capacity of facility, and jail 
staffing.
    This collection is the only national effort devoted to describing 
and understanding annual changes in the tribal jail population. The 
collection enables BJS, tribal correctional authorities and 
administrators, legislators, researchers, and jail planners to track 
growth in the number of jails and their capacities nationally, as well 
as to track changes in the demographics and supervision status of the 
tribal jail population and the prevalence of crowding.
    5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of 
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: BJS estimates 
approximately 80 Indian country correctional facilities with a 
respondent burden of about 105 minutes per facility to complete the 
web-based survey form, about 4 minutes per facility to verify facility 
operational status and point-of-contact, and an additional 10 minutes 
for data quality follow-up validation for a total burden of 119 minutes 
per facility.
    6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: Annual burden is about 159 hours. Total burden 
over three collection years is about 477 hours.
    If additional information is required contact: John R. Carlson, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: February 3, 2023.
John R. Carlson,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2023-02939 Filed 2-10-23; 8:45 am]
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