[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55280-55282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14629]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0065]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Extension of a Currently Approved Collection: 
National Corrections Reporting Program

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, 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 
September 3, 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 
Derek Mueller, Ph.D., Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 
Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531 (email: 
[email protected]; telephone: 202-353-5216).

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,

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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 National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP, OMB 
Number 1121-0065) is the only national data collection furnishing 
annual individual-level information for state prisoners at five points 
in the incarceration process: prison admission, prison release, annual 
year-end prison custody census, entry to post-custody community 
corrections supervision, and exits from post-custody community 
corrections supervision. BJS, the U.S. Congress, researchers, and 
criminal justice practitioners use these data to describe annual 
movements of adult persons through state correctional systems, as well 
as to examine long-term trends in time served in prison, demographic 
and offense characteristics of persons in prison, sentencing practices 
in the states that submit data, transitions between incarceration and 
community corrections, and recidivism. Providers of the data are 
personnel in the states' Departments of Corrections and Parole, and all 
data are submitted on a voluntary basis. The NCRP collects the 
following administrative data on each person in participating states' 
custody:
     County of sentencing
     State and federal inmate identification numbers
     Dates of: birth, prison admission, prison release, 
projected prison release, mandatory prison release, eligibility hearing 
for post-custody community corrections supervision, post-custody 
community corrections supervision entry, post-custody community 
corrections supervision exit
     First, middle, and last names
     Demographic information: sex, race, Hispanic origin, 
education level, prior military service, date and type of last 
discharge from military
     Offense type and number of counts per inmate for a maximum 
of three convicted offenses per person
     Total sentence length imposed
     Type of facility where person is serving sentence (for 
year-end custody census records only, the name of the facility is also 
requested)
     Country of current citizenship, country of birth, and 
status of current U.S. citizenship
     Type of prison admission
     Type of prison release
     Location of post-custody community supervision exit or 
post-custody community supervision office (post-custody community 
supervision records only)
     Social security number
     Address of last residence prior to incarceration
     Prison security level at which the inmate is held
    BJS is not proposing making additions or deletions from the 
previously approved collection. BJS uses the information gathered in 
NCRP 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: Extension of a Currently 
Approved Collection.
    2. The Title of the Form/Collection: National Corrections Reporting 
Program. The collection includes the following parts: Prisoner 
Admission Report, Prisoner Release Report, Prisoners in Custody at 
Year-end Report, Post-Custody Community Supervision Entry Report, Post-
Custody Community Supervision Exit Report.
    3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: Form number(s): NCRP-1A, 
NCRP-1B, NCRP-1D, NCRP-1E, NCRP-1F. The applicable component within the 
Department of Justice is the Bureau of Justice Statistics (Prisons 
Statistics 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: 50 state departments of corrections 
(DOCs) and 7 parole boards (in six states and the District of 
Columbia). 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 anticipates 57 
respondents to NCRP by 2027: 50 state DOC respondents and seven 
separate parole boards (in six states and the District of Columbia). 
Burden hours for the three collection years (2025-2027) differ based on 
whether a state has previously submitted NCRP prison and PCCS data in 
recent years. In the last four years, 47 DOCs have submitted NCRP 
prison data, but currently, only 35 respondents have submitted PCCS 
data.

Burden Hours for Prison Records (NCRP-1A, NCRP-1B, NCRP-1D)

    All 50 DOCs have submitted NCRP prison data in the past, so the 
average time needed to continue providing prison data is expected to be 
7 hours per respondent for both prisoner admissions and releases (NCRP-
1A and NCRP-1B) and 7 hours for data on persons in prison at year-end 
(NCRP-1D). For 2025-2027, the total burden estimate is 14 hours per DOC 
for a total of 700 hours annually for the 50 DOCs (14 hours*50 = 700 
hours). This is the same estimate as given for the 2024 collection 
since BJS is not requesting changes to the collection.

Burden Hours for PCCS Records (NCRP-1E, NCRP-1F)

    In 2023, there were 35 jurisdictions submitting 2022 PCCS data (31 
DOCs and 4 parole supervising agencies), and BJS estimates that 
extraction and submission of both the PCCS entries and exits takes an 
average of 8 hours per jurisdiction. For 2025-2027, BJS hopes to 
recruit an additional five jurisdictions to submit NCRP PCCS data. For 
those 35 supervising agencies currently responding, provision of the 
PCCS data in 2022-2024 will total 280 hours (8 hours*35 = 280 hours) 
annually. The total estimate for submission of PCCS for new 
jurisdictions in 2022-2024 is 120 hours (24 hours*5 = 120 hours). For 
new agencies, BJS assumes the initial submission will take about three 
times longer than established reporters to account for programming, 
questions, and submission. The total amount of time for all PCCS 
submissions annually is 400 hours.

Burden Hours for Data Review/Follow-Up Consultations

    Follow-up consultations with respondents are usually necessary 
while processing the data to obtain further information regarding the 
definition, completeness and accuracy of their report. The duration of 
these follow-up consultations will vary based on the number of record 
types submitted, so BJS has estimated an average of 3 hours per 
jurisdiction to cover all of the records (prison and/or PCCS) 
submitted. In 2025, BJS anticipates that one of the two parole boards 
not currently submitting PCCS data will begin to submit, so the number 
of jurisdictions requiring follow-up consultations is 51 (50 DOCs 
submitting at least the prison data, and one parole board submitting 
only PCCS data). This yields a total of

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153 hours of follow-up consultation after submission (3 hours*51 = 153 
hours). This total estimate of 153 hours for data review/follow-up 
consultations remains the same for 2026 and 2027.

Total Burden Hours for Submitting NCRP Data

    BJS anticipates that the total burden for provision and data 
follow-up of all NCRP data across the participating jurisdictions in 
2025-2027 to be 1,235 hours (700 hours for prison records, 400 hours 
for PCCS records, and 153 hours for follow-up consultation).
    6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are an estimated 1,235 total burden hours 
associated with this collection in 2025-2027.
    7. An estimated of the total annual cost burden associated with the 
collection, if applicable: $48,696.

                                                                   Total Burden Hours
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                        Activity                             Number of       Frequency     Total annual      Time per        follow-up     Total annual
                                                            respondents                      responses    survey (hours)      (hours)     burden (hours)
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NCRP Prison (NCRP-1A, 1B, 1D)...........................              50               1              50              14             1.5            15.5
NCRP PCCS (NCRP 1E, 1F).................................              35               1              35               8             1.5             9.5
NCRP PCCS New...........................................               5               1               5              24             1.5            25.5
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    Unduplicated Totals.................................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,235
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    If additional information is required, contact: Darwin Arceo, 
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice 
Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.206, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: June 28, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, Policy and Planning Staff, Office 
of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2024-14629 Filed 7-2-24; 8:45 am]
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