Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 35712-35714 [E8-14272]

Agencies

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

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35712-35714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14272]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OMB Number 1121-0064]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

ACTION: 60-day notice of information collection under review: Extension 
of a currently approved collection: Annual Parole Survey, Annual 
Probation Survey, and Annual Probation Survey (Short Form).

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), 
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) will be

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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 
collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected 
agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for ``sixty 
days'' until August 25, 2008. This process is in accordance with 5 CFR 
1320.10.
    If you have 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 Lauren E. Glaze, Statistician (202) 305-
9628, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St., NW., Washington, 
DC 20531.
    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 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: Extension of currently approved 
collection.
    (2) The title of the Form/Collection: Annual Parole Survey, Annual 
Probation Survey, and Annual Probation Survey (Short Form).
    (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: Forms: CJ-7 Annual Parole 
Survey; CJ-8 Annual Probation Survey; and CJ-8A Annual Probation Survey 
(Short Form). Corrections Statistics Program, 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 or State 
probation and Parole authority. Others: The Federal Bureau of Prisons, 
city and county courts and probation offices for which a central 
reporting authority does not exist. For the CJ-7 form, 54 central 
reporters (two State jurisdictions in California and one each from the 
remaining States, the District of Columbia, the Federal Bureau of 
Prisons, and one local authority) responsible for keeping records on 
parolees will be asked to provide information for the following 
categories:
    (a) As of January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008, the number of 
adult parolees under their jurisdiction;
    (b) The number of adults entering parole during 2008 through 
discretionary release from prison, mandatory release from prison, a 
term of supervised release, or reinstatement of parole;
    (c) The number of adults released from parole during 2008 through 
completion, incarceration, treatment, absconder status, transfer to 
another parole jurisdiction, or death;
    (d) Whether the number of adult parolees reported as of December 
31, 2008 represents individuals or cases;
    (e) Whether adult parolees supervised out of State have been 
included in the total number of parolees on December 31, 2008, and the 
number of adult parolees supervised out of State;
    (f) As of December 31, 2008, the number of adult parolees under 
their jurisdiction with a sentence of more than one year, or a year or 
less;
    (g) As of December 31, 2008, the number of male and female adult 
parolees under their jurisdiction;
    (h) As of December 31, 2008, the number of white (not of Hispanic 
origin), black or African American (not of Hispanic origin), Hispanic 
or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or 
Pacific Islander, two or more races, or the number of adult parolees 
for which no information was available;
    (i) As of December 31, 2008, the number of adult parolees who had 
as their most serious offense a violent, property, drug, public-order, 
or other offense;
    (j) As of December 31, 2008, the number of adult parolees under 
their jurisdiction who were active, only have financial conditions 
remaining, inactive, absconders, or supervised out of state;
    (k) As of December 31, 2008, the number of adult parolees under 
their jurisdiction who were supervised following a discretionary 
release, a mandatory release, a term of supervised release, a special 
conditional release, or other type of release from prison;
    (l) Whether the parole authority supervised any adult parolees who 
were also on probation supervision, held in local jails, prisons, 
community-based correctional facilities, or an ICE holding facility, 
and the number of adult parolees held in each on December 31, 2008;
    (m) Whether the parole authority uses GPS monitoring systems to 
track the location of adult parolees, and the number of adult parolees 
tracked with GPS on December 31, 2008;
    (n) Whether the parole authority collects data on the number of 
adult paroleess in a treatment program, and the number of adult 
parolees in treatment programs by type of program;
    (o) Whether the parole authority collects data on the number of 
serious assaults or deaths of parole officers while in the line of 
duty, and the number of serious assaults or deaths of officers during 
2008;
    For the CJ-8 form, 344 reporters (one from each State, the District 
of Columbia, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons; and 292 from local 
authorities) responsible for keeping records on probations will be 
asked to provide information for the following categories:
    (a) As of January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008, the number of 
adult probationers under their jurisdiction;
    (b) The number of adults entering probation during 2008 with and 
without a sentence to incarceration;
    (c) The number of adults discharged from probation during 2008 
through completion, incarceration, treatment, absconder status, a 
detainer or warrant, transfer to another parole jurisdiction, and 
death;
    (d) Whether the number of adult probationers reported as of 
December 31, 2008 represents individuals or cases;
    (e) As of December 31, 2008, the number of male and female adult 
probationers under their jurisdiction;
    (f) As of December 31, 2008, the number of white (not of Hispanic 
origin), black or African American (not of Hispanic origin), Hispanic 
or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or 
Pacific Islander, two or more races, or the number of adult 
probationers for which no information was available;
    (g) As of December 31, 2008, the number of adult probationers under 
their jurisdiction who were sentenced for a felony, misdemeanor, or 
other offense type;

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    (h) As of December 31, 2008, the number of adult probationers who 
had as their most serious offense domestic violence, other violent 
offense, property offense, drug law violation, driving while 
intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or other 
traffic offense;
    (i) Whether adult probationers supervised out of State have been 
included in the total number of probationers on December 31, 2008, and 
the number of adult probationers supervised out of State;
    (j) Whether the probation authority collects data on the number of 
adult probationers who had previously served a sentence to prison for 
the same offense for which they are on probation;
    (k) Whether the probation authority supervised adult probationers 
who were also on parole supervision, any probationers held in local 
jails, prisons, community-based correctional facilities, or an ICE 
holding facility, and the number of adult probationers held in each on 
December 31, 2005;
    (l) As of December 31, 2008, the number of adult probationers under 
their jurisdiction who had entered probation with a direct sentence to 
probation, a split sentence to probation, a suspended sentence to 
incarceration, or a suspended imposition of sentence;
    (m) As of December 31, 2008, the number of adult probationers under 
their jurisdiction who were active, in a residential or other treatment 
program, only had financial conditions remaining, inactive, absconders, 
those on warrant status, or supervised out of state;
    (n) Whether the probation authority collects data on the number of 
adult probationers required to pay fines/restitution, and the number of 
adult probationers required to pay fines/restitution by type;
    (o) Whether the probation authority collects data on the number of 
adult probationers in a treatment program, and the number of adult 
probationers in treatment programs by type of program;
    (p) Whether the probation authority collects data on the number of 
serious assaults or deaths of probation officers while in the line of 
duty, and the number of serious assaults or deaths of officers during 
2008;
    For the CJ-8A form, 120 reporters (from local authorities) 
responsible for keeping records on probationers will be asked to 
provide information for the following categories:
    (a) As of January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008, the number of 
adult probationers under their jurisdiction;
    (b) The number of adults entering probation and discharged from 
probation during 2008;
    (c) Whether the number of adult probationers reported as of 
December 31, 2008 represents individuals or cases;
    (d) As of December 31, 2008, the number of male and female adult 
probationers under their jurisdiction;
    (e) As of December 31, 2008, the number of adult probationers under 
their jurisdiction who were sentenced for a felony, misdemeanor, or 
other offense type. 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: 518 respondents 
each taking an average of 1.27 hours to respond.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 657 annual burden hours.
    If additional information is required, contact: 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: June 18, 2008.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice.
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