Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection; Comment Requested, 50841-50842 [E8-19997]

Agencies

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

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 168 (Thursday, August 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50841-50842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19997]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OMB Number 1121-0064]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection; 
Comment Requested

ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Extension 
and revision of existing 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, 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 73, Number 122, page 35712-35714 on June 24, 
2008, allowing for a 60 day public comment period.
    The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for 
public comments until September 29, 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 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 
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: Extension of currently approved 
collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Annual Parole Survey, Annual 
Probation Survey, and Annual Probation Survey (Short Form).
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice 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 system, 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,

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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, weapons, 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, or an 
ICE holding facility, and the number of adult parolees held in each on 
December 31, 2008;
    (m) Whether the parole authority used a Global Positioning System 
(GPS) to track the location of adult parolees, and if so, the number of 
adult parolees tracked using GPS on December 31, 2008, and of the 
number of those parolees tracked using GPS, the number who were sex 
offenders.
    For the CJ-8 form, 344 reporters (one from each State, the District 
of Columbia, and the federal system; 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;
    (h) As of December 31, 2008, the number of adult probationers who 
had as their most serious offense domestic violence, sex offense, other 
violent offense, property offense, drug law violation, driving while 
intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol or drugs, other traffic 
offense, or other 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, 2008;
    (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 used a Global Positioning 
System (GPS) to track the location of adult probationers, and if so, 
the number of adult probationers tracked using GPS on December 31, 
2008, and of the number of those probationers tracked using GPS, the 
number who were sex offenders.
    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: 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: August 25, 2008.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice.
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