[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 48 (Monday, March 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17524-17526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05087]


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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: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), Department of Justice 
(DOJ) 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 
May 10, 2024.

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, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20531, (email: [email protected]; telephone: 
202-598-0802).

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.

    Abstract: 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 
operated by (1) State correctional and BOP authorities or (2) private 
entities that primarily house inmates for State correctional or BOP 
authorities. The data collected inform issues related to

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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. BJS plans to continue to use two instruments to collect data on 
each facility eligible for the CCF with the reference date of June 30, 
2024.
    Consistent with the most recent iteration of the CCF in 2019 the 
2024 CJ-43A includes--

 Functions of the facility (e.g., general confinement, 
community corrections, reception/diagnostic, medical treatment 
confinement)
 Percentage of inmates regularly permitted to leave the 
facility unaccompanied
 Whether the facility is administratively linked (e.g., share 
budgets or staff) to other facilities and if they are, names of other 
facilities
 Type of authority operating the facility (e.g., Federal, 
State, local, joint State and local)
 Whether the facility is authorized to house males, females, or 
both males and females
 Physical-security level of the facility
 Whether the facility has a designated geriatric unit for 
inmates of advanced age
 Whether the facility has a housing unit specifically 
designated for veterans
 Rated or design capacity of the facility
 Whether the facility operated under a State or Federal court 
order or consent decree that limited the number of inmates it could 
house
 Whether 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 inmates, by sex on the reference date
 Number of inmates under the age of 18 by sex on the reference 
date
 Number of inmates by racial category on the reference date
 Number of inmates by custody-security level on the reference 
date
 Number of inmates by maximum sentence length (more than 1 year 
and 1 year or less) on the reference date
 Number of inmates who were non-U.S. citizens on the reference 
date
 Number of inmates being held in restrictive housing on 
reference date
 Number of inmates housed in protective custody, administrative 
segregation, segregated for disciplinary reasons, or other restrictive 
housing on the reference date
 Number of inmates held for Federal, State, local, and Tribal 
authorities on the reference date
 Number of staff (security and total), by sex on the reference 
date
 Number of security staff by racial category on the reference 
date
 Number of misconduct/disciplinary reports filed on inmates 
over a 1-year period
 Number of assaults against facility staff by inmates reported 
over a 1-year period
 Number of prisoner assaults by other inmates with and without 
serious injury reported over a 1-year period
 Number of disturbances that occurred at the facility over a 1-
year period
 Whether the facility has a perimeter or barriers, or 
surveillance method to detect those attempting to escape
 Number of escapes by inmates that occurred at the facility 
over a 1-year period
 Number of walkaways by inmates that occurred at the facility 
over a 1-year period
 Types of work assignments available to inmates on the 
reference date
 Types of counseling or special programs available to inmates 
on the reference date
 Types of educational programs available to inmates on the 
reference date

    BJS is proposing to add the following items to the 2024 CJ-43A, 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:

 Number of vacant security staff positions
 Accessibility of technology/internet by inmates

    Based on high burden, low utilization, and/or low response rates in 
the 2019 CCF, BJS is proposing to remove the following items from the 
CJ-43A:

 Number of payroll and nonpayroll staff by employment status 
(full-time and part-time)
 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

    Consistent with the most recent iteration of the CCF in 2019 the 
2024 CJ-43B includes--

 Functions of the facility (e.g., general confinement, 
community corrections, reception/diagnostic, medical treatment 
confinement)
 Percentage of inmates 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 the facility (e.g., Federal, 
State, local, joint State and local)
 Whether the facility is authorized to house males, females, or 
both males and females
 Number of inmates by sex on the reference date
 Number of inmates under the age of 18 by sex on the reference 
date
 Number of inmates by racial category on the reference date
 Number of inmates who were non-U.S. citizens on the reference 
date
 Number of inmates held for Federal, State, local, and Tribal 
authorities on the reference date
 Number of walkaways by inmates that occurred at the facility 
over a 1-year period
 Types of counseling or special programs available to inmates 
on the reference date
 Types of educational programs available to inmates 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.

Overview of This Information Collection

    1. Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement, with change, of a 
previously approved collection for which approval has expired. Proposed 
revisions include the addition of items to measure digital technology/
internet accessibility of inmates and security staff vacancies.
    2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Census of State and Federal 
Adult Correctional Facilities (CCF).
    3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: The CCF includes two forms: 
CJ-43A and CJ-43B. The sponsoring component is the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as the obligation to respond: Affected Public is State and Federal 
Government, and private entities contracted to house inmates for State 
and Federal

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Government. The obligation to respond is voluntary.
    5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of 
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The CCF will 
collect data on approximately 1,670 State and Federal adult 
correctional facilities, of which, 1,160 are confinement and 510 are 
community-based facilities. Including follow-up time, the estimated 
burden for the CJ43-A is 180 minutes and 55 minutes for the CJ-43B. A 
central respondent may be responsible for coordinating, compiling, and 
submitted data for multiple facilities, particularly in the case of 
State DOCs, the BOP, and private corporations operating multiple 
facilities.
    6. An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The total annual burden hours for this collection 
is 3,947.5 hours.
    7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the 
collection, if applicable: $151,979.

                                               Total Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Time per
            Activity                 Number of       Frequency     Total annual      response      Total annual
                                    respondents                      responses       (minutes)    burden (hours)
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CJ-43A..........................           1,160               1           1,160             180           3,480
CJ-43B..........................             510               1             510              55           467.5
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    Unduplicated Totals.........           1,670  ..............  ..............             235         3,947.5
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    If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo, 
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.

    Dated: March 6, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2024-05087 Filed 3-8-24; 8:45 am]
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