[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 203 (Thursday, October 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62751-62752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26924]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of information collection under review; summary of 
sentenced population movement annual data collection national prisoner 
statistics.

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    The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, has 
submitted the following information collection request to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This proposed information collection 
is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. 
Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until December 18, 2000.
    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 Page 
Harrison at 202-514-0809, or via facsimile at 202-514-1757.
    Overview of this information collection:
    (1) Type of information collection: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    (2) The title of the Form/Collection: Summary of Sentenced 
Population Movement National Prisoner Statistics.
    (3) The agency form number and the applicable component of the 
Department sponsoring the collection. Form: NPS-1. Corrections 
Statistics, 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. For the NPS-1 form, 52 central reporters 
(one from each state, the District of Columbia, and the Federal Bureau 
of Prisons) responsible for keeping records on inmates 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 appeal and bond. Respondents will 
also be asked to provide prison release information for the following 
categories: Expirations 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 or 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; the number of state inmates housed in a privately 
operated correctional facility; 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, the 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 needed for an average respondent to respond: 52 respondents 
each taking an average 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

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Officer, United States Department of Justice, Information Management 
and Security Staff, Justice Management Division, Suite 1220, 1331 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW, National Place Building, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: October 13, 2000.
Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 00-26924 Filed 10-18-00; 8:45 am]
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