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(a) Number of persons who died while
in the custody of state correctional
facilities.
(b) The first, last name and middle
initial, date of death, date of birth, sex,
and race/ethnic origin for each inmate
who died during the reporting year.
(c) The name and location of the
correctional facility involved.
(d) The admission date and current
offense(s) for each inmate who died
during the reporting year.
(e) Whether the inmate ever stayed
overnight in a mental health observation
unit or outside mental health facility.
(f) The location and cause of death of
each inmate death that took place
during the reporting year.
(g) The time of day that the incident
causing the inmate’s death occurred and
where the incident occurred (limited to
accidents, suicides, and homicides
only).
(h) Whether the cause of death was a
preexisting medical condition or a
condition that developed after
admission to the facility and whether
the inmate received treatment for the
medical condition after admission and if
so, the kind of treatment received
(deaths due to accidental injury,
intoxication, suicide, or homicide do
not apply).
(i) Whether an autopsy/postmortem
exam/review of medical records to
determine the cause of death of the
inmate was performed and the
availability of those results.
(j) The survey ends with a box in
which respondents can enter notes.
(k) Confirmation or correction of the
agency and agency head’s name, phone
number, email address, and mailing
address.
(l) Confirmation or correction of the
agency’s primary point of contact for
data collection, title, phone number,
email address, and mailing address;
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond.
Prior to 2015, DCRP clearance
included deaths in the process of arrest,
local jails and state prisons. The arrestrelated death collection has been
temporarily suspended due to data
quality and coverage issues. The arrestrelated death collection will seek a
separate OMB clearance when work on
the project begins again. In an effort to
reduce burden on respondents and
minimize costs associated with the ASJ
and the DCRP, the ASJ will be fielded
along with the DCRP beginning in early
2016. The major change to the DCRP
collection is the downgrade in burden
hours to account for the ARD and DCRPjail collections no longer being a part of
the clearance package. Otherwise, there
are no proposed substantive changes to
the DCRP-prisons collection.
DCRP-prisons (NPS–4, NPS–4A)—
There will be 50 respondents to DCRPprisons for collection year 2015. It takes
current DCRP respondents an average of
30 minutes to complete the death form
and 5 minutes to complete the annual
summary form, or 1,723 burden hours.
(a) BJS collection agent makes
verification calls and data quality
follow-up calls to prison respondents to
ensure data quality. With 50
respondents and 9 minute per call, data
verification induces a burden of 8 hours.
With an average annual 46 respondents
needing some level of follow-up, data
quality follow-up induces a burden of
12 hours.
TABLE 1—SUMMARY OF TOTAL RESPONDENT BURDEN FOR DCRP DATA COLLECTION
Number of
data suppliers
Reporting method
Type of data supplier
Mail and Online Data
Entry.
Mail and Online Data
Entry.
Data quality follow-up ......
Telephone ........................
State Prison—Death
Records 1.
State Prison—Annual
Summary 2.
State Prison respondents
State Prisons—
Verification Call.
Total ..........................
.........................................
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(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The estimated total burden
hours associated with this collection for
report year 2016 is 1,723.
If additional information is required
contact: Jerri Murray, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405B,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: November 16, 2015.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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Number of
responses
Average reporting time
50
3,400
30 minutes per death .....
1,700 hours.
50
50
5 minutes ........................
4 hours.
50
50
46
50
15 minutes ......................
8 minutes ........................
12 hours.
7 hours.
50
3,646
73 minutes ......................
1,723 hrs.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121–0094]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Extension of
Currently Approved Collection Survey:
Death in Custody Reporting Program;
Annual Survey of Jails; Survey of Jails
in Indian Country
Bureau of Justice Statistics,
Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Justice
(DOJ), Office of Justice Programs,
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.
SUMMARY:
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This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register at 80 FR 53569 on September
4, 2015, allowing for a 60 day comment
period.
Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 30 days until
December 21, 2015.
DATES:
If
you have additional 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
Margaret Noonan, Statistician, Bureau of
Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street
NW., Washington, DC 20531 (email:
Margaret.Noonan@usdoj.gov; telephone:
202–353–2060). Written comments and/
or suggestions can also be directed to
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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the Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attention Department of Justice
Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20530 or
sent to OIRA_submissions@
omb.eop.gov.
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 Bureau of Justice
Statistics, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
—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;
—Evaluate whether and if so how the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected can be
enhanced; 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.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Extension of a Currently Approved
Collection.
(2) The Title of the Form/Collection:
Annual Jail Collection. The collection
includes the Deaths in Custody
Reporting Program (DCRP)—Local Jails,
Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ), and the
Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC).
(3) The agency form number, if any,
and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
This collection includes the following
forms:
• CJ–9A/5: Annual Survey of Jails.
This form goes to jail jurisdictions in the
ASJ sample that are operated by the
county or city.
• CJ–10A/5: Annual Survey of Jails.
Multi-Jurisdiction or Private Facility.
This form goes to confinement facilities
in the ASJ sample that are administered
by two or more governments (regional
jails) and privately owned or operated
confinement facilities.
• CJ–9A: Deaths in Custody, Annual
Summary on Inmates under Jail
Jurisdiction. This form goes to jail
jurisdictions that are not included in the
ASJ sample.
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• CJ–10A: Deaths in Custody, Annual
Summary on Inmates in Private and
Multi-Jurisdiction Jails. This form goes
to confinement facilities administered
by two or more local governments
(regional jails) and to privately owned
or operated confinement facilities that
are not included in the ASJ sample.
• CJ–9: Deaths in Custody, Death
Report on Inmates under Jail
Jurisdiction. This form goes to all jail
jurisdictions that are operated by the
county or city. Jails administers are
requested to fill out this form if their
facilities had one or more deaths in that
calendar year.
• CJ–10: Deaths in Custody, Death
Report on Inmates in Private and MultiJurisdiction Jail. This form goes to all
confinement facilities administered by
two or more local governments (regional
jails) and privately owned or operated
confinement facilities. Jails
administrators are requested to fill out
this form if their facilities had one or
more deaths in that calendar year.
• CJ–5B: Survey of Jails in Indian
Country. All jail administrators in
Indian Country Indian country jails
receive the CJ–5B form. Indian Country
jails are owned or operated by tribal
authorities or the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA).
The applicable component within the
Department of Justice is the Bureau of
Justice Statistics (Corrections Unit), in
the Office of Justice Programs.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: The affected public that will be
asked to respond include approximately
3,080 county, city, and tribal jail
authorities.
The Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) and
Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC)
provide the nationally-representative
data on local jail populations and jails
in Indian country. BJS, other federal
agencies, and state, local, and tribal
corrections authorities and
administrators, as well as legislators,
researchers, and jail planners use these
data to track annual changes in the
demographic characteristics of the jail
population as well as changes in the jail
population, jail capacity and crowding,
the flow of inmates moving into and out
of jails, and use of jail space by other
correctional institutions. Providers of
the data are administrators in
approximately 941 county and city jails
and 80 tribal jails.
The ASJ collects the following data at
from local jails operated at the city or
county level. Reporting units within the
jail report data for their jail jurisdiction:
(a) The number of male and female
inmate deaths during the previous
calendar year (new to the 2015 surveys).
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(b) The number of inmates confined
in jail facilities at midyear (last weekday
in the month of June).
(c) The number of inmates confined in
jail facilities and the number of inmates
under jail supervision but not confined
(e.g., electronic monitoring, day
reporting, etc.) at yearend (December
31).
(d) The numbers of following types of
confined inmates—males—adult;
females—adult; males—17 and under,
females—17 and under; 17 and under
held as adults; non-U.S. citizen;
convicted; unconvicted; held for a
felony; held for a misdemeanor; white,
black, Hispanic, American Indian, Asian
American, Native Hawaiian, and
multiracial; and held for Federal
authorities, State prison authorities,
tribal government, and other local jail
jurisdictions—at yearend.
(e) Whether the jail facilities have a
weekend incarceration program and the
number of inmates participating.
(f) The date and count for the greatest
number of confined inmates during
December.
(g) The number of new admissions
into and final discharges from jail
facilities in collection year by sex.
(h) The average daily population of
jail facilities from January 1 to
December 31 of collection year by sex.
(i) Jail rated capacity.
(j) The numbers of unconfined
persons participating in various
programs such as electronic monitoring,
home detention, community service,
day reporting, etc. at yearend.
(k) The numbers of correctional and
other staff employed by sex at yearend.
The SJIC collects the following data
for jails in Indian country at the jail
level:
(a) The total number of confined
inmates in jail facilities at midyear (last
weekday in the month of June).
(b) The numbers of following types of
confined inmates in jails—males—adult;
females—adult; males—17 and under;
females—17 and under, 17 and under
held as adults, convicted, unconvicted,
held for felony, held for misdemeanor,
and held for specific offenses such as
domestic violence, assault, burglary,
larceny, drug violation, etc.—at
midyear.
(c) The average daily population
during the 30-day period in June.
(d) The date and count for the greatest
number of confined inmates during the
30-day period in June.
(e) The number of new admissions
into and final discharges during the
month of June.
(f) The number of inmate deaths while
confined; the number of deaths
attributed to suicide; and the number of
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confined inmates that attempted suicide
from July 1 of the previous year to June
30 of the current collection year.
(g) The total rated capacity of jail
facilities at midyear.
(h) The number of correctional staff
employed by the facility and their
occupation (e.g., administration, jail
operations, educational staff, etc.) at
midyear.
Originally authorized by the Death in
Custody Reporting Act (DICRA) of 2000,
the Death in Custody Reporting Program
(DCRP)-Local Jails is the only national
database that can inform the issue of
mortality in jails in depth. BJS uses this
data to track and report on total and
cause-specific deaths and mortality rates
in jails. The DCRP-Local Jails has two
components: Jail-level collection of
retrospective yearend inmate counts and
individual-level collection of
information on deceased inmates during
the current calendar year. Specifically,
the following items are collected:
(a) The number of inmates confined in
jail facilities on December 31 of the
previous year by sex.
(b) The number of inmates admitted
to jail facilities in the previous year by
sex.
(c) The number of inmates confined in
local jails on behalf of U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement, the U.S.
Marshals Service or any other hold for
another jurisdiction.
(d) The average daily population of all
jail confinement facilities operated by
the jurisdiction in the previous year by
sex.
(e) The number of persons who died
while under the supervision of the
jurisdiction in the previous year by sex.
(f) The first, last name and middle
initial, date of death, date of birth, sex,
and race/ethnic origin for each inmate
who died during the reporting year.
(g) Whether the deceased inmate was
being held in the local jail or under the
authority of the state department of
correction; on the behalf of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
the U.S. Marshals Service, or other
counties, jurisdictions or correctional
authorities.
(h) The admission date and current
offense(s) for each inmate who died
during the reporting year.
(i) The legal status for each inmate
who died during the reporting year.
(j) Whether the inmate ever stayed
overnight in a mental health observation
unit or outside mental health facility.
(k) The location and cause of death of
each inmate death that took place
during the reporting year.
(l) The time of day that the incident
causing the inmate’s death occurred and
where the incident occurred (limited to
accidents, suicides, and homicides
only).
(m) Whether the cause of death was
a preexisting medical condition or a
condition that developed after
admission to the facility and whether
the inmate received treatment for the
medical condition after admission and if
so, the kind of treatment received
(deaths due to accidental injury,
intoxication, suicide, or homicide do
not apply).
(n) Whether an autopsy/postmortem
exam/review of medical records to
determine the cause of death of the
inmate was performed and the
availability of those results.
(o) The survey ends with a box in
which respondents can enter notes.
(p) Confirmation or correction of the
agency and agency head’s name, phone
number, email address, and mailing
address.
(q) Confirmation or correction of the
agency’s primary point of contact for
data collection, title, phone number,
email address, and mailing address;
(r) Confirmation or correction of the
names of facilities within the
jurisdiction.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond
The ASJ and DCRP-Local Jails
previously had separate survey
operations. In an effort to reduce burden
on respondents and minimize costs
associated with the ASJ and the DCRP,
the ASJ will be fielded along with the
DCRP beginning in reference year 2015.
Another major change in the 2015
DCRP–ASJ is the simplification of
questionnaire forms. The current ASJ
sample includes approximately 335 jail
jurisdictions (370 reporting units, or
about one-third of ASJ respondents),
which are selected with certainty
(probability of 1). From 2010 to 2014,
these ‘‘certainty jails’’ received a
different questionnaire with additional
questions on staffing, physical assaults
on staff, and the numbers of rule
Number of
data providers
Reporting mode
Purpose of contact
Online and mail .................................
Fax and mail .....................................
Online and mail .................................
ASJ–DCRP .......................................
SJIC ..................................................
DCRP annual summary ...................
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violations by inmates in various
categories, while the non-certainty jails
received a shorter questionnaire without
those items. The previously estimated
time to complete the longer form was 2
hours, while the estimated time to
complete the shorter form remains 1.25
hours. The total burden hours
previously associated with the ASJ was
1,454 hours. Starting in reference year
2015, all ASJ respondents will receive
the shorter questionnaire form,
regardless of certainty status. This
change will result in a total burden hour
estimate of 1,176 hours, or a reduction
of about 278 burden hours on
respondents. The estimated burden hour
for each form in the annual jail
collection is listed below:
(a) ASJ (CJ–9A/5 and CJ–10A/5)—
There will be 941 respondents to ASJ for
collection year 2015. It takes current
ASJ respondents an average of 75
minutes to supply the information, so
the burden hours are 1,176.
(b) DCRP-Local Jails annual summary
forms (CJ–9A and CJ–10A)—BJS
estimates that 2,059 jail respondents
will complete these forms, with an
average response time of 15 minutes.
The burden hours for these forms are
515.
(c) SJIC (CJ–5B)—Eighty respondents
will be asked to respond to SJIC for
collection year 2016. BJS estimates that
it takes an average of 75 minutes to
supply the information for a total
burden of 100 hours.
(d) Local jails/death reports (forms
CJ–9 and CJ–10)—Analysis of data from
data years 2000 through 2013 shows
that annually approximately 80% of
jails nationwide have no death in a
given calendar year and do not need to
complete a death report form.
Approximately 600 jails will complete
reports for 950 inmate deaths. Each
report takes about 30 minutes, for a total
of 450 hours. Unlike the CJ–9A/5, CJ–
10A/5, CJ9A, and CJ10A forms, the CJ–
9 and CJ–10 forms are not
retrospectively. As a result, the
reference year is the same as the
calendar year.
(e) BJS collection agent makes
verification and data quality follow-up
contacts to jail respondents to ensure
data quality. With estimated 872
respondents and 5 minute per call, data
verification induces a burden of 73
hours.
Number of
responses
938
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reporting time
(min)
75
75
15
Total burden
hours
1,173
100
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Number of
data providers
Average
reporting time
(min)
Number of
responses
Total burden
hours
Reporting mode
Purpose of contact
Online and mail .................................
Telephone .........................................
Online and telephone ........................
DCRP death records ........................
ASJ–DCRP verification call ..............
Data quality follow-up .......................
600
3,000
3,000
900
3,000
872
30
8
5
450
400
73
Total ...........................................
...........................................................
........................
........................
........................
2,711
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The estimated total burden
hours associated with this collection for
reference years is 2,711.
If additional information is required
contact: Jerri Murray, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405B,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: November 16, 2015.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Consumer
Price Index Housing Survey
ACTION:
Notice.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) sponsored information
collection request (ICR) titled,
‘‘Consumer Price Index Housing
Survey,’’ to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval for continued use, without
change, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Public
comments on the ICR are invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that agency receives
on or before December 21, 2015.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with
applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of
response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained free of charge from the
RegInfo.gov Web site at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201507-1220-001
(this link will only become active on the
day following publication of this notice)
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or by contacting Michel Smyth by
telephone at 202–693–4129, TTY 202–
693–8064, (these are not toll-free
numbers) or by email at DOL_PRA_
PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Submit comments about this request
by mail or courier to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL–BLS,
Office of Management and Budget,
Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202–
395–5806 (this is not a toll-free
number); or by email: OIRA_
submission@omb.eop.gov. Commenters
are encouraged, but not required, to
send a courtesy copy of any comments
by mail or courier to the U.S.
Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Attn:
Departmental Information Compliance
Management Program, Room N1301,
200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; or by email:
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at
202–693–4129, TTY 202–693–8064,
(these are not toll-free numbers) or by
email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
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This ICR
seeks to extend PRA authority for the
Consumer Price Index (CPI) Housing
Survey information collection. The CPI
is a measure of the average change over
time in the prices paid by consumers for
a market basket of consumer goods and
services. Each month, BLS data
collectors visit or call thousands of
retail stores, service establishments,
rental units, and doctors’ offices all over
the United States to obtain information
on the prices of the thousands of items
used to track and measure price changes
in the CPI. The collection of price data
from rental units is essential for the
timely and accurate calculation of the
shelter component of the CPI. The CPI
is then widely used as a measure of
inflation, indicator of the effectiveness
of government economic policy, deflator
for other economic series and as a
means of adjusting dollar values. The
BLS is authorized to collect this
information under 29 U.S.C. 1 and 2.
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
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cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless it is
approved by the OMB under the PRA
and displays a currently valid OMB
Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid Control Number. See 5
CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL
obtains OMB approval for this
information collection under Control
Number 1220–0163.
OMB authorization for an ICR cannot
be for more than three (3) years without
renewal, and the current approval for
this collection is scheduled to expire on
December 31, 2015. The DOL seeks to
extend PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3) more
years, without any change to existing
requirements. The DOL notes that
existing information collection
requirements submitted to the OMB
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
July 14, 2015 (80 FR 41093).
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs at
the address shown in the ADDRESSES
section within thirty (30) days of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. In order to help ensure
appropriate consideration, comments
should mention OMB Control Number
1220–0163. The OMB is particularly
interested in comments that:
• 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
agency’s 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
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0094]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Extension of Currently Approved Collection Survey:
Death in Custody Reporting Program; Annual Survey of Jails; Survey of
Jails in Indian Country
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs,
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. This proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal Register at 80 FR 53569 on
September 4, 2015, allowing for a 60 day comment period.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until
December 21, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional 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
Margaret Noonan, Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810
Seventh Street NW., Washington, DC 20531 (email:
Margaret.Noonan@usdoj.gov; telephone: 202-353-2060). Written comments
and/or suggestions can also be directed to
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the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention Department of Justice Desk Officer,
Washington, DC 20530 or sent to OIRA_submissions@omb.eop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Bureau of Justice
Statistics, including whether the information will have practical
utility;
--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;
--Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected can be enhanced; 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.
(1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a Currently
Approved Collection.
(2) The Title of the Form/Collection: Annual Jail Collection. The
collection includes the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP)--
Local Jails, Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ), and the Survey of Jails in
Indian Country (SJIC).
(3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: This collection includes the
following forms:
CJ-9A/5: Annual Survey of Jails. This form goes to jail
jurisdictions in the ASJ sample that are operated by the county or
city.
CJ-10A/5: Annual Survey of Jails. Multi-Jurisdiction or
Private Facility. This form goes to confinement facilities in the ASJ
sample that are administered by two or more governments (regional
jails) and privately owned or operated confinement facilities.
CJ-9A: Deaths in Custody, Annual Summary on Inmates under
Jail Jurisdiction. This form goes to jail jurisdictions that are not
included in the ASJ sample.
CJ-10A: Deaths in Custody, Annual Summary on Inmates in
Private and Multi-Jurisdiction Jails. This form goes to confinement
facilities administered by two or more local governments (regional
jails) and to privately owned or operated confinement facilities that
are not included in the ASJ sample.
CJ-9: Deaths in Custody, Death Report on Inmates under
Jail Jurisdiction. This form goes to all jail jurisdictions that are
operated by the county or city. Jails administers are requested to fill
out this form if their facilities had one or more deaths in that
calendar year.
CJ-10: Deaths in Custody, Death Report on Inmates in
Private and Multi-Jurisdiction Jail. This form goes to all confinement
facilities administered by two or more local governments (regional
jails) and privately owned or operated confinement facilities. Jails
administrators are requested to fill out this form if their facilities
had one or more deaths in that calendar year.
CJ-5B: Survey of Jails in Indian Country. All jail
administrators in Indian Country Indian country jails receive the CJ-5B
form. Indian Country jails are owned or operated by tribal authorities
or the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
The applicable component within the Department of Justice is the
Bureau of Justice Statistics (Corrections Unit), in the Office of
Justice Programs.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: The affected public that will be asked to
respond include approximately 3,080 county, city, and tribal jail
authorities.
The Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) and Survey of Jails in Indian
Country (SJIC) provide the nationally-representative data on local jail
populations and jails in Indian country. BJS, other federal agencies,
and state, local, and tribal corrections authorities and
administrators, as well as legislators, researchers, and jail planners
use these data to track annual changes in the demographic
characteristics of the jail population as well as changes in the jail
population, jail capacity and crowding, the flow of inmates moving into
and out of jails, and use of jail space by other correctional
institutions. Providers of the data are administrators in approximately
941 county and city jails and 80 tribal jails.
The ASJ collects the following data at from local jails operated at
the city or county level. Reporting units within the jail report data
for their jail jurisdiction:
(a) The number of male and female inmate deaths during the previous
calendar year (new to the 2015 surveys).
(b) The number of inmates confined in jail facilities at midyear
(last weekday in the month of June).
(c) The number of inmates confined in jail facilities and the
number of inmates under jail supervision but not confined (e.g.,
electronic monitoring, day reporting, etc.) at yearend (December 31).
(d) The numbers of following types of confined inmates--males--
adult; females--adult; males--17 and under, females--17 and under; 17
and under held as adults; non-U.S. citizen; convicted; unconvicted;
held for a felony; held for a misdemeanor; white, black, Hispanic,
American Indian, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and multiracial; and
held for Federal authorities, State prison authorities, tribal
government, and other local jail jurisdictions--at yearend.
(e) Whether the jail facilities have a weekend incarceration
program and the number of inmates participating.
(f) The date and count for the greatest number of confined inmates
during December.
(g) The number of new admissions into and final discharges from
jail facilities in collection year by sex.
(h) The average daily population of jail facilities from January 1
to December 31 of collection year by sex.
(i) Jail rated capacity.
(j) The numbers of unconfined persons participating in various
programs such as electronic monitoring, home detention, community
service, day reporting, etc. at yearend.
(k) The numbers of correctional and other staff employed by sex at
yearend.
The SJIC collects the following data for jails in Indian country at
the jail level:
(a) The total number of confined inmates in jail facilities at
midyear (last weekday in the month of June).
(b) The numbers of following types of confined inmates in jails--
males--adult; females--adult; males--17 and under; females--17 and
under, 17 and under held as adults, convicted, unconvicted, held for
felony, held for misdemeanor, and held for specific offenses such as
domestic violence, assault, burglary, larceny, drug violation, etc.--at
midyear.
(c) The average daily population during the 30-day period in June.
(d) The date and count for the greatest number of confined inmates
during the 30-day period in June.
(e) The number of new admissions into and final discharges during
the month of June.
(f) The number of inmate deaths while confined; the number of
deaths attributed to suicide; and the number of
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confined inmates that attempted suicide from July 1 of the previous
year to June 30 of the current collection year.
(g) The total rated capacity of jail facilities at midyear.
(h) The number of correctional staff employed by the facility and
their occupation (e.g., administration, jail operations, educational
staff, etc.) at midyear.
Originally authorized by the Death in Custody Reporting Act (DICRA)
of 2000, the Death in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP)-Local Jails is
the only national database that can inform the issue of mortality in
jails in depth. BJS uses this data to track and report on total and
cause-specific deaths and mortality rates in jails. The DCRP-Local
Jails has two components: Jail-level collection of retrospective
yearend inmate counts and individual-level collection of information on
deceased inmates during the current calendar year. Specifically, the
following items are collected:
(a) The number of inmates confined in jail facilities on December
31 of the previous year by sex.
(b) The number of inmates admitted to jail facilities in the
previous year by sex.
(c) The number of inmates confined in local jails on behalf of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S. Marshals Service or any
other hold for another jurisdiction.
(d) The average daily population of all jail confinement facilities
operated by the jurisdiction in the previous year by sex.
(e) The number of persons who died while under the supervision of
the jurisdiction in the previous year by sex.
(f) The first, last name and middle initial, date of death, date of
birth, sex, and race/ethnic origin for each inmate who died during the
reporting year.
(g) Whether the deceased inmate was being held in the local jail or
under the authority of the state department of correction; on the
behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; the U.S. Marshals
Service, or other counties, jurisdictions or correctional authorities.
(h) The admission date and current offense(s) for each inmate who
died during the reporting year.
(i) The legal status for each inmate who died during the reporting
year.
(j) Whether the inmate ever stayed overnight in a mental health
observation unit or outside mental health facility.
(k) The location and cause of death of each inmate death that took
place during the reporting year.
(l) The time of day that the incident causing the inmate's death
occurred and where the incident occurred (limited to accidents,
suicides, and homicides only).
(m) Whether the cause of death was a preexisting medical condition
or a condition that developed after admission to the facility and
whether the inmate received treatment for the medical condition after
admission and if so, the kind of treatment received (deaths due to
accidental injury, intoxication, suicide, or homicide do not apply).
(n) Whether an autopsy/postmortem exam/review of medical records to
determine the cause of death of the inmate was performed and the
availability of those results.
(o) The survey ends with a box in which respondents can enter
notes.
(p) Confirmation or correction of the agency and agency head's
name, phone number, email address, and mailing address.
(q) Confirmation or correction of the agency's primary point of
contact for data collection, title, phone number, email address, and
mailing address;
(r) Confirmation or correction of the names of facilities within
the jurisdiction.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond
The ASJ and DCRP-Local Jails previously had separate survey
operations. In an effort to reduce burden on respondents and minimize
costs associated with the ASJ and the DCRP, the ASJ will be fielded
along with the DCRP beginning in reference year 2015. Another major
change in the 2015 DCRP-ASJ is the simplification of questionnaire
forms. The current ASJ sample includes approximately 335 jail
jurisdictions (370 reporting units, or about one-third of ASJ
respondents), which are selected with certainty (probability of 1).
From 2010 to 2014, these ``certainty jails'' received a different
questionnaire with additional questions on staffing, physical assaults
on staff, and the numbers of rule violations by inmates in various
categories, while the non-certainty jails received a shorter
questionnaire without those items. The previously estimated time to
complete the longer form was 2 hours, while the estimated time to
complete the shorter form remains 1.25 hours. The total burden hours
previously associated with the ASJ was 1,454 hours. Starting in
reference year 2015, all ASJ respondents will receive the shorter
questionnaire form, regardless of certainty status. This change will
result in a total burden hour estimate of 1,176 hours, or a reduction
of about 278 burden hours on respondents. The estimated burden hour for
each form in the annual jail collection is listed below:
(a) ASJ (CJ-9A/5 and CJ-10A/5)--There will be 941 respondents to
ASJ for collection year 2015. It takes current ASJ respondents an
average of 75 minutes to supply the information, so the burden hours
are 1,176.
(b) DCRP-Local Jails annual summary forms (CJ-9A and CJ-10A)--BJS
estimates that 2,059 jail respondents will complete these forms, with
an average response time of 15 minutes. The burden hours for these
forms are 515.
(c) SJIC (CJ-5B)--Eighty respondents will be asked to respond to
SJIC for collection year 2016. BJS estimates that it takes an average
of 75 minutes to supply the information for a total burden of 100
hours.
(d) Local jails/death reports (forms CJ-9 and CJ-10)--Analysis of
data from data years 2000 through 2013 shows that annually
approximately 80% of jails nationwide have no death in a given calendar
year and do not need to complete a death report form. Approximately 600
jails will complete reports for 950 inmate deaths. Each report takes
about 30 minutes, for a total of 450 hours. Unlike the CJ-9A/5, CJ-10A/
5, CJ9A, and CJ10A forms, the CJ-9 and CJ-10 forms are not
retrospectively. As a result, the reference year is the same as the
calendar year.
(e) BJS collection agent makes verification and data quality
follow-up contacts to jail respondents to ensure data quality. With
estimated 872 respondents and 5 minute per call, data verification
induces a burden of 73 hours.
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Average
Reporting mode Purpose of Number of data Number of reporting time Total burden
contact providers responses (min) hours
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Online and mail............... ASJ-DCRP........ 938 938 75 1,173
Fax and mail.................. SJIC............ 80 80 75 100
Online and mail............... DCRP annual 2062 2062 15 516
summary.
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Online and mail............... DCRP death 600 900 30 450
records.
Telephone..................... ASJ-DCRP 3,000 3,000 8 400
verification
call.
Online and telephone.......... Data quality 3,000 872 5 73
follow-up.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 2,711
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(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The estimated total burden hours associated with
this collection for reference years is 2,711.
If additional information is required contact: Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405B, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: November 16, 2015.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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