Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection; Comment Requested, 8366-8367 [E8-2599]

Agencies

• Department of Justice
• Office of Justice Programs
• Justice Programs Office

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8366-8367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2599]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OMB Number 1121-0102]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection; 
Comment Requested

ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review:
    Re-instatement and revision of existing collection,

 Prison Population Reports: Midyear Population Counts and Summary of 
Sentenced Population Movement--National Prisoner Statistics.

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, will 
be submitting the following information collection to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information 
collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected 
agencies. This proposed information collection was published in the 
Federal Register Volume 72, Number 234, page 68900-68901 on December 6, 
2007, allowing for a 60 day public comment period.
    The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for 
public comments until March 14, 2008. This process is in accordance 
with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained 
in this notice, especially the estimated public burden and associated 
response time, should be directed to The Office of Management and 
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention 
Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503. Additionally, 
comments may be submitted to OMB via fascimile 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 
points:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collections of information are 
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 agencies 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 
submissions of responses.
    Overview of this information collection:
    (1) Type of Information Collection: Re-instatement and minor 
revision.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Prison Population Reports Midyear 
Counts; and Summary of Sentenced Population Movement--National Prisoner 
Statistics
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form number: NPS-1A; 
and NPS-1B. Office of Justice Programs, U.S. 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-1A form, 51 central reporters 
(one from each State and the Federal Bureau of Prisons) responsible for 
keeping records on inmates will be asked to provide information for the 
following categories:
    (a) As of June 30, the number of male and female inmates under 
their jurisdiction with maximum sentences of

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more than one year, one year or less; and unsentenced inmates; and
    (b) The number of male and female inmates in their custody with 
maximum sentences of more than one year, one year or less; and 
unsentenced inmates; and
    (c) The number of male and female inmates under their jurisdiction 
housed in privately-operated facility, either in state or out of state;
    (d) The number of male and females inmates in their custody by race 
and Hispanic origin;
    (e) The number of male and female inmates under the age of 18 held 
in their system; and
    (f) The number of male and female noncitizen inmates held in their 
system.
    For the NPS-1B form, 51 central reporters (one from each and the 
Federal Bureau of Prisons) responsible for keeping records on inmates 
will be asked to provide information for the following categories:
    (a) As of December 31, the number of male and female inmates within 
their custody and under their jurisdiction with maximum sentences of 
more than one year, one year or less; and unsentenced inmates;
    (b) The number of inmates housed in privately operated facilities, 
county or other local authority correctional facilities, or in other 
state or Federal facilities on December 31;
    (c) Prison admission information in the calendar year 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;
    (d) Prison release information in the calendar year 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;
    (e) Number of inmates under jurisdiction on December 31 by race and 
Hispanic origin;
    (f) Testing of incoming inmates for HIV; and HIV infection and AIDS 
cases on December 31; and
    (g) The aggregate rated, operational, and design capacities, by 
sex, of each State's correctional facilities at year-end.
    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 needed for an average respondent to respond to both forms: 51 
respondents each taking an average 8.0 total hours to respond (1.5 
hours for the NPS-1A and 6.5 hours for the NPS-1B). Burden hours are up 
by 255 hours under this clearance because we are adding the elements 
from the NPS-1 form (approved under OMB number 1121-0078), with 51 
respondents each taking an estimated 6 hours to complete. However, we 
are also eliminating the previous NPS-1B form due to redundancy, 51 
respondents at 1.5 hours each, thus reducing the overall burden of the 
NPS series by 76.5 hours.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 408 annual burden hours.
    If additional information is required, contact: Ms. Lynn Bryant, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning staff, Patrick Henry 
Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530

    Dated: February 7, 2008.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice.
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