[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44711-44712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11115]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0098]


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

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics, 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 30 days until 
June 20, 2024.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information was published in 
the Federal Register, at 89 FR 18669-18670 on March 14, 2024, 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.
    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.

    Abstract: Since 1972, BJS has conducted the Survey of Inmates in 
Local Jails (SILJ, OMB Number 1121-0098) periodically to gather 
detailed information on individual characteristics of jail inmates. The 
purposes of this omnibus survey are to generate reliable, nationally-
representative estimates of the characteristics of jail inmates in the 
United States, track changes in the characteristics of jail inmates 
over time, conduct studies of jail inmates on special topics, and 
identify policy-relevant issues related to crime and corrections. This 
national survey will profile jail inmates nationwide to determine 
trends in criminal history, substance abuse, mental health, and medical 
problems of jail inmates, and treatment they may have received for 
problems, gun use and crime, inmate misconduct, inmate admission fees, 
and programs and activities inmates participate in while confined in 
jail. The data are used by a variety of stakeholders, including the 
U.S. Congress, Executive Office of the President, practitioners, 
researchers, students, the media, and others interested in criminal 
justice statistics. No other collection series provides these data on 
the variety of topics that SILJ covers. The data will be collected 
through face-to-face personal interviews with the inmates using 
Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) technology.

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 Form/Collection: Survey of Inmates in Local Jails 
(SILJ).
    3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: The applicable 
component within the Department of Justice is the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics (BJS), in the Office of Justice Programs.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as the obligation to respond: County government and City 
government and jail inmates age 18 or older that are held in local 
(county and city) jails. 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: BJS will sample a 
maximum of 10,000 inmates from 600 local jails for a total of 15,602 
hours. BJS will conduct initial jail outreach with up to 740 jails to 
participate at 15 minutes per facility for a total of 185 hours in 
order to gain consent from 600 facilities to participate

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in the study. A maximum of 600 jails will be contacted for study 
logistics planning and roster coordination at 75 minutes per facility 
for a total of 750 hours. During data collection, jail staff will 
escort a maximum of 10,000 inmates to and from interview sites at 15 
minutes per inmate for a total of 2,500 hours. Inmate consent and 
survey participation total 73 minutes per interview for a total of 
12,167 hours.
    6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The estimated total public burden is 15,602 annual 
hours. This comprises 3,435 hours of facility staff burden and 12,167 
hours of respondent interviewing burden.
    7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the 
collection, if applicable: The estimated cost is $90,450.

                         2024 SILJ Estimated Annualized Respondent Cost and Hour Burden
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                                                                                     Time per
            Activity                 Number of       Frequency     Total annual      response      Total annual
                                    respondents                      response        (minutes)    burden (hours)
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                                        Facility Recruitment and Logistic
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Introduction and Facility                    740               1             740              15             185
 Approval.......................
Study Logistic Planning.........             600               1             600              45             450
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                                                 National Study
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Staff time--Providing inmate                 600               1             600              30             300
 roster.........................
Staff time--Escorting inmates...          10,000               1          10,000              15           2,500
Consent--Inmate recruitment.....          10,000               1          10,000               3             500
Interview--Participate in the             10,000               1          10,000              70          11,667
 SILJ...........................
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    Total.......................          31,940  ..............          31,940  ..............          15,602
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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: May 16, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2024-11115 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
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