[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48886-48887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24634]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs


Bureau of Justice Statistics; Agency Information Collection 
Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of Reinstatement, without change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval

[[Page 48887]]

has expired: Summary of Sentenced Population Movement--Annual Data 
Collection.

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    The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments 
from the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will 
be accepted for sixty days until November 17, 1997. This process is in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Request written 
comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies 
concerning the proposed collection of information. Your comments should 
address one or more of the following four points:
    (1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) 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.
    If you have additional comments, suggestions, or additional 
information, especially regarding the estimated public burden and 
associated response time, please write to Dr. Jan M. Chaiken, Director, 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St. NW, Washington, D.C. 
20531. If you need a copy of the collection instrument with 
instructions, or have additional information, please contact James 
Stephan at (202) 616-3289, or via facsimile at 202-307-0128.
    Overview of this information collection:
    (1) Type of information collection: Reinstatement, without change, 
of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
    (2) The title of the Form/Collection: Summary of Sentenced 
Population Movement, 1997.
    (3) The agency form number and the applicable component of the 
Department sponsoring the collection: Form: NPS-1. Corrections Unit, 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, United States 
Department of Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked to respond, as well as a 
brief abstract: Primary: State Departments of Corrections. Others: The 
Federal Bureau of Prisons. Approximately 50 central reporters (one from 
each State, the District of Columbia, and the Federal Bureau of 
Prisons) responsible for keeping records on inmates under their 
jurisdiction and in their custody will be asked to provide prison 
admission information for the following categories: new court 
commitments, parole violators, other conditional release violators 
returned, transfers from other jurisdictions, AWOLS and escapees 
returned, and returns from bond and appeal. Respondents will be asked 
to provide prison release information for the following categories: 
expiration of sentence, commutations, other conditional releases, 
probations, supervised mandatory releases, paroles, other conditional 
releases, deaths by cause, AWOLS, escapes, transfers to other 
jurisdictions, and releases to appeal and bond. In addition, 
respondents will be asked for data on jurisdictional and custody 
populations at yearend by gender for inmates with over 1 year maximum 
sentence, and inmates with a year or less maximum sentence; for 
information on the number of state inmates housed in facilities 
operated by a county or other local authority on December 31 to ease 
prison crowding; inmates on December 31 by race and Hispanic origin; 
testing of incoming inmates for HIV; and HIV infection and AIDS cases 
on December 31. The Bureau of Justice Statistics uses this information 
in published reports and for the U.S. Congress, Executive Office of the 
President, practitioners, researchers, students, the media, and others 
interested in criminal justice statistics.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 52 respondents 
each taking an average 6.5 hours to respond.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 338 annual burden hours.
    If additional information is required contact: Mr. Robert B. 
Briggs, Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management Division, 
Suite 850, Washington Center, 1001 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: September 12, 1997.
Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 97-24634 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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