[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1087-1088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-91]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OMB Number 1121-0147]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously 
Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: 2012-2013 Census of 
State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities

ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection under review.

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    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. The proposed information collected is published to obtain 
comments from the public and affected agencies. The proposed 
information collected was previously published in the Federal Register 
Volume 76, Number 210, page 67224-67225, on October 31, 2011, allowing 
a 60-day comment period.
    The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days 
for public comment until February 8, 2012. This process is conducted in 
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained 
in this notice, especially the estimated public burden or associated 
response time, should be directed to The Office of Management and 
Budget, Officer of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention 
Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington DC 20503. Additionally, 
comments may be submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202) 395-7285.
    Request 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:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed 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 proposed 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.

Overview of This Information Collection

    (1) Type of information collection: Reinstatement, with change, of 
a previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
    (2) The title of the Form/Collection: 2012-2013 Census of State and 
Federal Adult Correctional Facilities.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: CJ-43A 
Individual Facility List; CJ-43B: Individual Facility Information; and 
CJ-43 2013 Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities 
(under development; this form will be submitted to OMB in a substantive 
change package in 2012). Corrections Statistics 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 authorities. 
Others: Authorities from the Federal Bureau of Prisons and 
administrators of privately-operated prison facilities. The Census of 
State and Federal Correctional Facilities obtains information on 
individual facilities designed to house adults sentenced to confinement 
by State, Federal, or District of Columbia courts. These facilities 
include prisons, penitentiaries, and correctional institutions; boot 
camps; prison farms; reception, diagnostic, and classification centers; 
road camps; forestry and conservation camps; youthful offender 
facilities (except in California); vocational training facilities; 
prison hospitals; drug and alcohol treatment facilities; prerelease 
centers; halfway houses; and State-operated local detention facilities.
    The CJ-43A, Facility Roster: an estimated 71 respondents from state 
departments of correction, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and 
corporations operating private prisons will be provided with a list of 
facilities in their jurisdictions (CJ-43A). Respondents will be asked 
to provide the information requested in the CJ-43B (see below) for each 
individual facility in their jurisdiction. Respondents can opt to use 
this listing to aid them in identifying individual facilities in 
operation on March 31, 2012, the anticipated survey reference date, or 
they can opt to provide the information based on a list of facilities 
generated through their own data systems. The CJ-43A is intended to be 
used as an aid and is not intended as an instrument to be filled out, 
so there is no burden associated with this instrument.
    The CJ-43B collection instrument: an estimated 71 respondents from 
state departments of correction, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and 
corporations operating private prisons will be asked to provide basic 
facility information for an estimated 2,200 adult correctional 
facilities. The CJ-43B identifies the elements to be collected for each 
facility. These items include name and location of the facility, sex of 
inmates housed, physical security of the facility, percentage of 
inmates regularly permitted to leave the facility unaccompanied, a one-
day count of inmates by sex, and future plans to modify or close the 
facility. Based on the preference of the respondent, these data can be 
submitted via an electronic datafile generated from the respondent's 
information management system or via individual forms for each 
facility. The Bureau of Justice Statistics will use information 
obtained from the CJ-43B to develop a sampling frame for future inmate 
surveys as well as to respond to

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queries from the U.S. Congress, Executive Office of the President, the 
U.S. Supreme Court, state officials, international organizations, 
researchers, students, the media, and others seeking facility-level 
statistics.
    The CJ-43: Respondents from state departments of correction, the 
Federal Bureau of Prisons, and corporations operating private prisons 
will be asked to provide detailed facility information for an estimated 
2,200 facilities in operation. This collection instrument is under 
development, but is expected to include items regarding facility 
characteristics, such as facility functions, capacity, and court orders 
or consent decrees under which facilities are operating; population 
characteristics, including special populations housed; staff 
characteristics; measures of facility security; and facility programs. 
BJS expects to consult with corrections experts and professionals to 
determine other topical items to be included in this collection. These 
statistics will provide a snapshot of adult correctional institutions 
in the United States and will be used to respond to queries from 
administrators, legislators, researchers, and planners to track changes 
in the numbers and types of facilities in operation, changes in 
staffing, security issues, and programs/services available to inmates 
in the state and federal correctional systems. A supplemental approval 
will be submitted to OMB when the materials are ready for review.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 2,200 responses 
at 15 minutes each for the CJ-43B. The estimated time is based on 
feedback from state and federal corrections department staff. The total 
burden estimate is based on the conservative assumption that all 
respondents would submit separate forms for each facility; however, it 
is expected that the majority of respondents will choose to submit a 
single electronic file generated from their information management 
systems. The CJ-43 is still in the planning stages. A supplemental 
approval and burden adjustment will be sought through OMB when the 
materials are ready for review.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are an estimated 550 annual total burden 
hours associated with the collection.
    If additional information is required contact: Jerri Murray, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., Suite 2E-508, Washington, DC 
20530.

Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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