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Dated: January 4, 2010.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Existing Collection;
Comments Requested
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ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information
Collection Under Review: Extension of
a Currently Approved Collection;
Annual Survey of Jails.
The Department of Justice (DOJ),
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 collection is
published to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. Comments
are encouraged and will be accepted for
‘‘sixty days’’ until March 12, 2010. This
process is conducted 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 Todd D. Minton, Bureau
of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20531 (phone:
202–305–9630).
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:
—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;
—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;
—Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
—Minimize the burden of the collection
of information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
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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:
Revisions of a currently approved
collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: The
Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ). The
collection includes the forms: Annual
Survey of Jails (ASJ)-regular and long
form, Survey of Jails in Indian Country
(SJIC)-regular form and addendum, and
the Survey of Large Jails (SLJ).
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the
collection: Form number(s): CJ–5 and
CJ–5A (ASJ regular form), CJ–5 and CJ–
5A (ASJ long form), CJ–5B (SJIC form),
CJ–5B Addendum (SJIC), and CJ–5C (SLJ
form). Corrections Statistics Unit,
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of
Justice Programs, United States
Department of Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract:
Primary: County, City, and Tribal jail
authorities. This collection is the only
effort that provides an ability to
maintain important jail statistics in
years between jail censuses. The ASJ
series enables the Bureau; Federal,
State, local, and Tribal correctional
administrators; legislators; researchers;
and planners to track growth in the
number of jails and their capacities
nationally; as well as, track changes in
the demographics and supervision
status of jail population and the
prevalence of crowding. Information
collected in the long form and survey
addendums provide critical data on jail
population movements and inmate
mental and medical health services and
other programs available to confined
inmates.
For CJ–5 and CJ–5A (ASJ regular
form), 561 respondents from county and
city jails will be asked to provide
information for the following categories:
(a) At midyear (last weekday in the
month of June), the number of inmates
confined in jail facilities including;
male and female adult and juvenile
inmates; persons under age 18 held as
adults; convicted and unconvicted
males and females; race categories; held
for Federal authorities, State prison
authorities and other local jail
jurisdictions;
(b) At midyear, the number of persons
under jail supervision who were not
U.S. citizens;
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(c) Whether the jail facilities has a
weekend incarceration program prior to
midyear and the number of inmates
participating;
(d) The number of new admissions
into and final discharges from jail
facilities during the last week in June;
(e) The date and count for the greatest
number of confined inmates during the
30-day period in June;
(f) The average daily population of jail
facilities from July 1 of the previous
year to June 30 of the current collection
year;
(g) At midyear, the total rated capacity
of jail facilities;
(h) At midyear, the number of persons
under jail supervision but not confined
(e.g., electronic monitoring, day
reporting, etc.).
For CJ–5B (SJIC form), respondents
from 85 Indian country correctional
facilities operated by tribal authorities
or the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
will be asked to provide information for
the following categories:
(a) At midyear (last weekday in the
month of June), the number of inmates
confined in jail facilities including;
male and female adult and juvenile
inmates; persons under age 18 held as
adults; convicted and unconvicted
males and females; persons held for a
felony, misdemeanor; their most serious
offense (e.g., domestic violence offense,
aggravated or simple assault, driving
while intoxicated, etc.).
(b) The average daily population
during the 30-day period in June;
(c) The date and count for the greatest
number of confined inmates during the
30-day period in June;
(d) The number of new admissions
into and final discharges during the
month of June;
(e) From July 1 of the previous year
to June 30 of the current collection year:
the number of inmate deaths while
confined and the number of deaths
attributed to suicide and the number of
confined inmates that attempted
suicide;
(f) At midyear, the total rated capacity
of jail facilities;
(g) At midyear, the inmate housing
characteristics and the number held
(e.g., single occupied cells or rooms,
multiple occupied units originally
designed for single occupancy; multiple
occupied units designed for multiple
occupancy, temporary holding areas,
etc.);
(h) At midyear, whether or not the jail
facility was under a Tribal, State, or
Federal court order or consent decree to
limit the number of persons it can house
(and the count), and/or for conditions of
confinement;
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(i) At midyear, the number of male
and female correctional staff employed
by the facility and their occupation (e.g.,
administration, jail operations,
educational staff, etc.);
(j) At midyear, how many jail
operations employees had received the
basic detention officer certification and
how many had received 40 hours of inservice training;
(k) From July 1 of the previous year
to June 30 of the current collection year:
how many jail operation employees did
the facility hire for employment; how
many jail operation employees were
separated from employment in the
facility;
(l) At midyear, how many specific jail
operation employee positions were
vacant.
The ASJ long form (CJ–5 and CJ–5A),
the SLJ (CJ–5C), and the SJIC survey
addendum (CJ–5B Addendum) provides
BJS a vehicle to gather expanded, yet
critical information from jails on:
• Flows of inmates going through jails
and describing the jail inmate
population that reflect jail workload;
• Length of stay in jail and the
contribution of length of stay to jail
populations;
• Medical, mental health, and
substance abuse treatment services
issues in jails;
• Suicide prevention, domestic
violence counseling, sex offender
treatment, educational programs, and
inmate work assignments, and other
inmate programs;
• Staff characteristics and assaults on
staff resulting in death.
For CJ–5 and CJ–5A (ASJ long form),
in addition to similar information
collected on the regular form, 373
respondents that are included with
certainty in the ASJ sample survey will
be asked to provide expanded and
additional information for the following
categories:
(a) Expanded information on: The
number of convicted inmates that are
unsentenced or sentenced and the
number of unconvicted inmates
awaiting trial/arraignment, or transfers/
holds for other authorities; persons
discharged from jails to include the
timed served by convicted and
unconvicted inmates;
(b) Expanded information on the
number of confined inmates held for
reasons including detoxification holds
only, persons held for protective
custody, for contempt, or for the courts
as witnesses;
(c) At midyear, the number of
correctional officers and other staff
employed by jail facilities;
(d) From July 1 of the previous year
to June 30 of the current collection year:
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the number of inmate-inflicted physical
assaults (and counts) on correctional
officers and other staff and the number
of staff deaths as a result.
For the CJ–5B Addendum (SJIC), a
one-time collection between 2010 and
2012 will be administered to 85
respondents. Information for the
following categories will be requested:
(a) How does the facility provide
medical health services to inmates (e.g.,
on-site staff physicians, IHS, off-site
medical services, etc.);
(b) At midyear, whether the jail
facilities detoxify confined persons (and
count) from drugs or alcohol;
(c) Policy for testing inmates for
Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B and C, and the
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
that causes aids (e.g., at admission, at
regular intervals, random sample,
indication of need, etc.);
(d) How does the facility provide
mental health services to inmates (e.g.,
screen inmates at intake, 24-hour mental
health care; counseling by a trained
mental health professional, monitor the
use of psychotropic medications, assist
released inmates to obtain community
mental health services, etc.);
(e) Types of specific suicide
prevention procedures (e.g., assessment
of risk at intake, special inmate
counseling or psychiatric services,
monitoring of high risk inmates; suicide,
etc.);
(f) From July 1 of the previous year to
June 30 of the current collection year,
whether facility has inmate work
assignments and the types of
assignments;
(g) From July 1 of the previous year
to June 30 of the current collection year,
counseling or special programs available
to confined persons either on or off
facility grounds (e.g., drug/alcohol
counseling/awareness, domestic
violence counseling, etc.);
(h) From July 1 of the previous year
to June 30 of the current collection year,
educational programs available to
confined persons either on or off facility
grounds.
For CJ–5C (SLJ form), a one-time
collection between 2010 and 2012 will
be administered to 210 respondents
from the largest county and city jails.
Information on mental and medical
health and substance abuse treatment
services issues will be requested:
Mental health treatment and services
(a) During the 31-day period in
(month), the number of new admissions
to the jail facility that are male and
female, adult and juvenile inmates;
(b) Whether the jail facility conducts
mental health screening at intake, the
type(s) of screening instruments, and
when does the screening process occur
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(e.g., within 24 hours of booking, in an
emergency or crisis situation, etc.);
(c) Who conducts the mental health
screener (e.g., correctional staff, mental
health professional, etc.);
(d) During the 31-day period in
(month), the number of persons with
new admissions to the jail facility that
were screened at intake for mental
health disorders or emotional problems
and the number determined to have a
major depressive symptoms, major
manic symptoms, major psychotic
symptoms;
(e) What services to inmates are
provided when the intake screening
reveals a mental health disorder (e.g.,
referral for further testing/assessment,
contacted a mental health professional,
moved to a special housing facility and
under special observation, etc.);
(f) During the 31-day period in
(month), the number of inmates who
received mental health treatment and
the type(s) of treatment;
(g) Designated area with a beds
allocated under the authority of a
physician with mental health services
and 24 hour nursing coverage? How
many beds are for inmates and the
number of beds occupied;
(h) Jail facility discharge plan for
inmates who needed mental health
care? Who provides this service linkage?
What agencies administer this service?
What agency pays for this service.
Substance abuse treatment and
services and other programs
(i) Whether the jail facility conducts
medical detoxification on confined
persons and the number of persons who
were being detoxified;
(j) During the 31-day period in
(month), the number of persons with
new admissions to the jail facility that:
(1) Were tested for the use of drugs at
intake and how many tested positive;
(2) Participated in counseling or
special programs (e.g., drug/alcohol
counseling/awareness, domestic
violence counseling, etc.);
(3) Participated in an education
program (e.g., basic adult education
(ABE), GED program, and college level
classes, etc.).
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: Six hundred and forty-six
respondents each taking an average 75
minutes to respond for collection forms
CJ–5 and CJ–5A (regular ASJ form), and
CJ–5B (SJIC form). Three hundred and
seventy-three respondents each taking
120 minutes to respond for collection
forms CJ–5 and CJ–5A (ASJ long form).
Eighty-five respondents each taking an
average of 30 minutes to respond for
collection form CJ–5B Addendum
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(SJIC). Two hundred and ten
respondents each taking an average of 4
hours to respond for collection form CJ–
5C (SLJ form).
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: There are an estimated 2,436
total burden hours associated with this
collection.
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: January 5, 2010.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response Compensation and Liability
Act
Notice is hereby given that on
December 23, 2009, a proposed Consent
Decree was filed with the United States
District Court for the District of Idaho in
United States v. Union Pacific Railroad
Company, No. 2:09–00392 (D. Idaho).
The proposed Consent Decree entered
into by the United States, the State of
Idaho, and two railroads (Union Pacific
Railroad Company and BNSF Railway
Company), resolves the United States’
claims against the railroads under
Sections 106 and 107 of the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607. Under the
terms of the Consent Decree, Union
Pacific Railroad Company will pay the
United States $655,094 and BNSF
Railway Company $427,000 in past
costs incurred in addressing the
contamination at the Wallace Yard and
Spur Lines Site within the larger Bunker
Hill Mining Site in the C’ouer d’Alene
Basin of Idaho. In addition to payments
for past response costs, the Consent
Decree requires the railroads to perform
certain clean up actions selected by EPA
and identified in the Statement of Work
attached to the Consent Decree. Further,
the settlement requires the railroads to
contribute to the Basin-wide cleanup
program to address contamination of
residential properties.
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comments relating to the proposed
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Consent Decree for a period of thirty
(30) days from the date of this
publication. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and either e-mailed
to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or
mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20044–7611, and should refer to United
States et al. v. City of West Point, et al.,
DJ Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–09326.
The proposed Agreement may be
examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney for the District of Idaho,
Washington Group Plaza, 800 Park
Boulevard, Suite 600, Boise, ID 83712–
9903, and at the Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 9, 1200 Sixth
Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101.
During the public comment period, the
proposed Agreement may also be
examined on the following Department
of Justice Web site, https://
www.usdoj.gov/enrd/
Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the
proposed Agreement may also be
obtained by mail from the Consent
Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20044–7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a
request to Tonia Fleetwood
(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no.
(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation
number (202) 514–1547. In requesting a
copy from the Consent Decree Library,
please enclose a check in the amount of
$42.00 (25 cents per page reproduction
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.
Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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Under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that on January
4, 2010, a proposed Consent Decree in
United States v. Highview Gardens, Inc.,
Civil Action No. 2:09-cv-02827–PD was
lodged with the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania.
In this action the United States sought
reimbursement of response costs
incurred in connection with property
known as the Allied/Recticon
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Parker Ford, East Coventry Township,
Chester County, Pennsylvania. The
Consent Decree obligates the Settling
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Defendant to reimburse $300,000 of the
United States’ response costs paid in
connection with the Site through the
date of entry of the Consent Decree.
The Department of Justice will receive
for a period of thirty (30) days from the
date of this publication comments
relating to the Consent Decree.
Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural Resources
Division, and either e-mailed to
pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or
mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20044–7611, and should refer to United
States v. Highview Gardens, Inc., Civil
Action No. 2:09–cv–02827–PD, D.J. Ref.
90–11–2–902/4.
The Consent Decree may be examined
at the Office of the United States
Attorney, Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite
1250, Philadelphia, PA 19106, and at
U.S. EPA Region 3. During the public
comment period, the Consent Decree
may also be examined on the following
Department of Justice Web site https://
www.usdoj.gov/enrd/
Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the
Consent Decree may also be obtained by
mail from the Consent Decree Library,
P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of
Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611 or
by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia
Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov),
fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone
confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In
requesting a copy from the Consent
Decree Library, please enclose a check
in the amount of $5.75 (@ 25 cents per
page reproduction cost) payable to the
U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax,
forward a check in that amount to the
Consent Decree Library at the stated
address.
Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement
Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
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given that on January 4, 2010, a
proposed Consent Decree in United
States v. Anderson & Sons, Inc., No.
3:09–cv–2096, was lodged with the
United States District Court for the
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Bureau of Justice Statistics
[OMB Number 1121-0094]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection;
Comments Requested
ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Extension
of a Currently Approved Collection; Annual Survey of Jails.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ), 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 collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for
``sixty days'' until March 12, 2010. This process is conducted 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 Todd D. Minton, Bureau of Justice
Statistics, 810 Seventh Street, NW., Washington, DC 20531 (phone: 202-
305-9630).
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:
--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;
--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;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
--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: Revisions of a currently
approved collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: The Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ).
The collection includes the forms: Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ)-regular
and long form, Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC)-regular form
and addendum, and the Survey of Large Jails (SLJ).
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form number(s): CJ-5
and CJ-5A (ASJ regular form), CJ-5 and CJ-5A (ASJ long form), CJ-5B
(SJIC form), CJ-5B Addendum (SJIC), and CJ-5C (SLJ form). Corrections
Statistics Unit, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice
Programs, United States Department of Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract:
Primary: County, City, and Tribal jail authorities. This collection
is the only effort that provides an ability to maintain important jail
statistics in years between jail censuses. The ASJ series enables the
Bureau; Federal, State, local, and Tribal correctional administrators;
legislators; researchers; and planners to track growth in the number of
jails and their capacities nationally; as well as, track changes in the
demographics and supervision status of jail population and the
prevalence of crowding. Information collected in the long form and
survey addendums provide critical data on jail population movements and
inmate mental and medical health services and other programs available
to confined inmates.
For CJ-5 and CJ-5A (ASJ regular form), 561 respondents from county
and city jails will be asked to provide information for the following
categories:
(a) At midyear (last weekday in the month of June), the number of
inmates confined in jail facilities including; male and female adult
and juvenile inmates; persons under age 18 held as adults; convicted
and unconvicted males and females; race categories; held for Federal
authorities, State prison authorities and other local jail
jurisdictions;
(b) At midyear, the number of persons under jail supervision who
were not U.S. citizens;
(c) Whether the jail facilities has a weekend incarceration program
prior to midyear and the number of inmates participating;
(d) The number of new admissions into and final discharges from
jail facilities during the last week in June;
(e) The date and count for the greatest number of confined inmates
during the 30-day period in June;
(f) The average daily population of jail facilities from July 1 of
the previous year to June 30 of the current collection year;
(g) At midyear, the total rated capacity of jail facilities;
(h) At midyear, the number of persons under jail supervision but
not confined (e.g., electronic monitoring, day reporting, etc.).
For CJ-5B (SJIC form), respondents from 85 Indian country
correctional facilities operated by tribal authorities or the Bureau of
Indian Affairs (BIA) will be asked to provide information for the
following categories:
(a) At midyear (last weekday in the month of June), the number of
inmates confined in jail facilities including; male and female adult
and juvenile inmates; persons under age 18 held as adults; convicted
and unconvicted males and females; persons held for a felony,
misdemeanor; their most serious offense (e.g., domestic violence
offense, aggravated or simple assault, driving while intoxicated,
etc.).
(b) The average daily population during the 30-day period in June;
(c) The date and count for the greatest number of confined inmates
during the 30-day period in June;
(d) The number of new admissions into and final discharges during
the month of June;
(e) From July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current
collection year: the number of inmate deaths while confined and the
number of deaths attributed to suicide and the number of confined
inmates that attempted suicide;
(f) At midyear, the total rated capacity of jail facilities;
(g) At midyear, the inmate housing characteristics and the number
held (e.g., single occupied cells or rooms, multiple occupied units
originally designed for single occupancy; multiple occupied units
designed for multiple occupancy, temporary holding areas, etc.);
(h) At midyear, whether or not the jail facility was under a
Tribal, State, or Federal court order or consent decree to limit the
number of persons it can house (and the count), and/or for conditions
of confinement;
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(i) At midyear, the number of male and female correctional staff
employed by the facility and their occupation (e.g., administration,
jail operations, educational staff, etc.);
(j) At midyear, how many jail operations employees had received the
basic detention officer certification and how many had received 40
hours of in-service training;
(k) From July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current
collection year: how many jail operation employees did the facility
hire for employment; how many jail operation employees were separated
from employment in the facility;
(l) At midyear, how many specific jail operation employee positions
were vacant.
The ASJ long form (CJ-5 and CJ-5A), the SLJ (CJ-5C), and the SJIC
survey addendum (CJ-5B Addendum) provides BJS a vehicle to gather
expanded, yet critical information from jails on:
Flows of inmates going through jails and describing the
jail inmate population that reflect jail workload;
Length of stay in jail and the contribution of length of
stay to jail populations;
Medical, mental health, and substance abuse treatment
services issues in jails;
Suicide prevention, domestic violence counseling, sex
offender treatment, educational programs, and inmate work assignments,
and other inmate programs;
Staff characteristics and assaults on staff resulting in
death.
For CJ-5 and CJ-5A (ASJ long form), in addition to similar
information collected on the regular form, 373 respondents that are
included with certainty in the ASJ sample survey will be asked to
provide expanded and additional information for the following
categories:
(a) Expanded information on: The number of convicted inmates that
are unsentenced or sentenced and the number of unconvicted inmates
awaiting trial/arraignment, or transfers/holds for other authorities;
persons discharged from jails to include the timed served by convicted
and unconvicted inmates;
(b) Expanded information on the number of confined inmates held for
reasons including detoxification holds only, persons held for
protective custody, for contempt, or for the courts as witnesses;
(c) At midyear, the number of correctional officers and other staff
employed by jail facilities;
(d) From July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current
collection year: the number of inmate-inflicted physical assaults (and
counts) on correctional officers and other staff and the number of
staff deaths as a result.
For the CJ-5B Addendum (SJIC), a one-time collection between 2010
and 2012 will be administered to 85 respondents. Information for the
following categories will be requested:
(a) How does the facility provide medical health services to
inmates (e.g., on-site staff physicians, IHS, off-site medical
services, etc.);
(b) At midyear, whether the jail facilities detoxify confined
persons (and count) from drugs or alcohol;
(c) Policy for testing inmates for Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B and C,
and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that causes aids (e.g., at
admission, at regular intervals, random sample, indication of need,
etc.);
(d) How does the facility provide mental health services to inmates
(e.g., screen inmates at intake, 24-hour mental health care; counseling
by a trained mental health professional, monitor the use of
psychotropic medications, assist released inmates to obtain community
mental health services, etc.);
(e) Types of specific suicide prevention procedures (e.g.,
assessment of risk at intake, special inmate counseling or psychiatric
services, monitoring of high risk inmates; suicide, etc.);
(f) From July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current
collection year, whether facility has inmate work assignments and the
types of assignments;
(g) From July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current
collection year, counseling or special programs available to confined
persons either on or off facility grounds (e.g., drug/alcohol
counseling/awareness, domestic violence counseling, etc.);
(h) From July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current
collection year, educational programs available to confined persons
either on or off facility grounds.
For CJ-5C (SLJ form), a one-time collection between 2010 and 2012
will be administered to 210 respondents from the largest county and
city jails. Information on mental and medical health and substance
abuse treatment services issues will be requested:
Mental health treatment and services
(a) During the 31-day period in (month), the number of new
admissions to the jail facility that are male and female, adult and
juvenile inmates;
(b) Whether the jail facility conducts mental health screening at
intake, the type(s) of screening instruments, and when does the
screening process occur (e.g., within 24 hours of booking, in an
emergency or crisis situation, etc.);
(c) Who conducts the mental health screener (e.g., correctional
staff, mental health professional, etc.);
(d) During the 31-day period in (month), the number of persons with
new admissions to the jail facility that were screened at intake for
mental health disorders or emotional problems and the number determined
to have a major depressive symptoms, major manic symptoms, major
psychotic symptoms;
(e) What services to inmates are provided when the intake screening
reveals a mental health disorder (e.g., referral for further testing/
assessment, contacted a mental health professional, moved to a special
housing facility and under special observation, etc.);
(f) During the 31-day period in (month), the number of inmates who
received mental health treatment and the type(s) of treatment;
(g) Designated area with a beds allocated under the authority of a
physician with mental health services and 24 hour nursing coverage? How
many beds are for inmates and the number of beds occupied;
(h) Jail facility discharge plan for inmates who needed mental
health care? Who provides this service linkage? What agencies
administer this service? What agency pays for this service.
Substance abuse treatment and services and other programs
(i) Whether the jail facility conducts medical detoxification on
confined persons and the number of persons who were being detoxified;
(j) During the 31-day period in (month), the number of persons with
new admissions to the jail facility that:
(1) Were tested for the use of drugs at intake and how many tested
positive;
(2) Participated in counseling or special programs (e.g., drug/
alcohol counseling/awareness, domestic violence counseling, etc.);
(3) Participated in an education program (e.g., basic adult
education (ABE), GED program, and college level classes, etc.).
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Six hundred and
forty-six respondents each taking an average 75 minutes to respond for
collection forms CJ-5 and CJ-5A (regular ASJ form), and CJ-5B (SJIC
form). Three hundred and seventy-three respondents each taking 120
minutes to respond for collection forms CJ-5 and CJ-5A (ASJ long form).
Eighty-five respondents each taking an average of 30 minutes to respond
for collection form CJ-5B Addendum
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(SJIC). Two hundred and ten respondents each taking an average of 4
hours to respond for collection form CJ-5C (SLJ form).
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: There are an estimated 2,436 total burden hours
associated with this collection.
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: January 5, 2010.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2010-170 Filed 1-8-10; 8:45 am]
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