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Lisa Barton,
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121–0249]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Extension of a
Currently Approved Collection:
Mortality in Correctional Institutions
(State Prisons)
Bureau of Justice Statistics,
Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-day notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Justice
(DOJ), Office of Justice Programs,
Bureau of Justice Statistics, will be
submitting an extension to an existing
information collection to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until
November 13, 2018.
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
Mary Cowhig, Statistician, 810 Seventh
Street NW, Washington, DC 20531
(email: mary.cowhig@usdoj.gov;
telephone: 202–353–4982).
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
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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 a currently approved
collection.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection:
Mortality in Correctional Institutions
(State Prisons) (MCI-State Prisons).
3. The agency form number, if any,
and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
The MCI-State Prisons collection
currently includes the following forms:
• NPS–4: Annual Summary of Inmate
Deaths in State Prisons. This form is
sent to the 50 state DOCs to collect the
number of state prisoner deaths in a
calendar year.
• NPS–4A: State Prison Inmate Death
Report Form. Annually, this form is sent
to the 50 state DOCs to collect details
about each state prisoner death.
The applicable component within the
Department of Justice is the Bureau of
Justice Statistics (BJS), in the Office of
Justice Programs.
BJS proposes to transfer the MCI-Jails
information collection from the
currently approved OMB collection
under control number 1121–0094,
where it was bundled with the Annual
Survey of Jails and the Survey of Jails
in Indian Country collections in 2015, to
this collection (OMB Control Number
1121–0249, expiration 03/31/2019) to
form one mortality collection program.
The combined mortality collection
would include the 50 state departments
of corrections (DOCs) plus
approximately 3,000 local jail
jurisdictions and would collect data on
the number and nature of inmate deaths
in the custody of state correctional
facilities.
Prior to 2015, BJS collected mortality
data from both state prisons and local
jails under the OMB Control Number
1121–0249. In 2015, the Mortality in
Correctional Institutions (Jails) (MCIJails) portion of the collection was
bundled with the Annual Survey of Jails
(ASJ) and the Survey of Jails in Indian
Country (SJIC) in an attempt to
consolidate the response burden placed
on jails. However, the overlap among
these three collections is small, both in
terms of jails covered in each and
context collected:
• MCI-Jails requests annual data from
about 3,000 jail jurisdictions on deaths,
the confined population as of December
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31, average daily population (ADP),
number of holds for other jurisdictions,
and number of admissions.
• The ASJ samples approximately 900
local jails, and provides data to estimate
the number and characteristics of local
jail inmates nationwide. The ASJ
collects population information,
including the number of confined
inmates, number of individuals
supervised in the community by local
jails, average daily population, and the
number of holds for other authorities as
of June 30. The ASJ also obtains data on
inmate movements, including the
number of admissions and discharges;
facility characteristics, including rated
and peak capacities and staffing; and
inmate characteristics, including race
and ethnicity, sex, age group (adult or
juvenile), primary offense, and
conviction status.
• The SJIC collects data from Indian
country jails that are not part of either
the ASJ or the MCI-Jails collections. The
SJIC collects information from
confinement facilities, detention
centers, jails, and other facilities
operated by tribal authorities or the
Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Although there is some duplication in
data collected by the ASJ and MCI-Jails,
the reference dates are different and the
ASJ is a sample, whereas MCI-Jails is a
full enumeration of jail jurisdictions.
Due to seasonal fluctuations in jail
populations, and fewer inmates held at
year-end (December 31), the ASJ uses
the last weekday in June as its reference
date. MCI-Jails uses December 31 as its
reference date, and more importantly,
uses ADP from January 1 to December
31 as the denominator in calculating
mortality rates, which is consistent with
the time period represented by the
numerator, the number of deaths in a
calendar year.
The following forms are proposed to
be transferred from OMB Control
Number 1121–0094 to OMB Control
Number 1121–0249:
• CJ–9: Death Report on Inmates
under Jail Jurisdiction. This form goes to
all jail jurisdictions that are operated by
a county or city. Jail administrators are
requested to complete the form if their
facilities had one or more deaths in a
calendar year.
• CJ–10: Death Report on Inmates in
Private and Multi-Jurisdictional Jails.
This form goes to all confinement
facilities administered by two or more
local governments (regional jails) and
privately owned or operated
confinement facilities. Jail
administrators are requested to
complete the form if their facilities had
one or more deaths in a calendar year.
Number of
data suppliers
• CJ–9A: Annual Summary on
Inmates under Jail Jurisdiction. This
form goes to county and city jail
jurisdictions. The form collects the
number of male and female deaths in
custody in a calendar year, the number
of males and females confined as of
December 31, the number of male and
female admissions during the year, the
average daily population by sex, and the
number of persons confined on behalf of
other agencies.
• CJ–10A: Annual Summary on
Inmates in Private and MultiJurisdictional Jails. This form goes to
confinement facilities administered by
two or more local governments (regional
jails) and to privately owned or operated
facilities. The form collects the same
information as Form CJ–9A.
4. Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: The combined MCI for prisons
and jails would collect annual data from
the 50 state departments of corrections
and roughly 3,000 jail jurisdictions on
the number and nature of deaths in their
custody.
5. An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond:
Number of
responses
Average
reporting
time
(in minutes)
Total burden
(in hours,
rounded to
whole number)
Data supplier and form
Reporting method
Verification calls (local jails) .................................
CJ–9A, CJ–10A jail annual summary ...................
CJ–9, CJ–10 jail death report ...............................
Data quality follow-up (local jails) .........................
Telephone .....................
Online, mail ..................
Online, mail ..................
Telephone, email ..........
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
2,900
1,000
350
9
15
30
10
450
725
500
58
Total, MCI-Jails ..............................................
Verification calls (state prisons) ............................
NPS–4A, state prison death report ......................
NPS–4, state prison annual summary ..................
Data quality follow-up (state prisons) ...................
Total, MCI-State Prisons ...............................
.......................................
Telephone .....................
Online, mail ..................
Online, mail ..................
Telephone, email ..........
.......................................
........................
50
50
50
50
........................
........................
50
3,500
50
420
........................
........................
9
30
5
10
........................
1,733
8
1,750
4
70
1,832
Total Burden ...........................................
.......................................
........................
........................
........................
3,565
The estimated total burden hours
associated with this combined jail and
state prison mortality collection for
report year 2018 is 3,565. This is a
transfer of 1,733 hours from the jail
mortality collection to the state prison
mortality collection. When the state
prison mortality collection was last
approved in 2016, the total burden
estimate was 1,723 hours. The state
prison portion is now estimated at 1,832
burden hours due to an increase in the
expected number of individual death
reports. Based on the average number of
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death reports received over the most
recent 10-year period, BJS expects to
receive about 3,500 state prison and
1,000 jail death reports per year.
If additional information is required,
contact: Melody Braswell, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A,
Washington, DC 20530.
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Dated: September 7, 2018.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0249]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Extension of a Currently Approved Collection:
Mortality in Correctional Institutions (State Prisons)
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs,
Bureau of Justice Statistics, will be submitting an extension to an
existing information collection to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until
November 13, 2018.
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
Mary Cowhig, Statistician, 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531
(email: [email protected]; telephone: 202-353-4982).
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.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently
approved collection.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Mortality in Correctional
Institutions (State Prisons) (MCI-State Prisons).
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: The MCI-State Prisons
collection currently includes the following forms:
NPS-4: Annual Summary of Inmate Deaths in State Prisons.
This form is sent to the 50 state DOCs to collect the number of state
prisoner deaths in a calendar year.
NPS-4A: State Prison Inmate Death Report Form. Annually,
this form is sent to the 50 state DOCs to collect details about each
state prisoner death.
The applicable component within the Department of Justice is the
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), in the Office of Justice Programs.
BJS proposes to transfer the MCI-Jails information collection from
the currently approved OMB collection under control number 1121-0094,
where it was bundled with the Annual Survey of Jails and the Survey of
Jails in Indian Country collections in 2015, to this collection (OMB
Control Number 1121-0249, expiration 03/31/2019) to form one mortality
collection program.
The combined mortality collection would include the 50 state
departments of corrections (DOCs) plus approximately 3,000 local jail
jurisdictions and would collect data on the number and nature of inmate
deaths in the custody of state correctional facilities.
Prior to 2015, BJS collected mortality data from both state prisons
and local jails under the OMB Control Number 1121-0249. In 2015, the
Mortality in Correctional Institutions (Jails) (MCI-Jails) portion of
the collection was bundled with the Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) and
the Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC) in an attempt to
consolidate the response burden placed on jails. However, the overlap
among these three collections is small, both in terms of jails covered
in each and context collected:
MCI-Jails requests annual data from about 3,000 jail
jurisdictions on deaths, the confined population as of December
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31, average daily population (ADP), number of holds for other
jurisdictions, and number of admissions.
The ASJ samples approximately 900 local jails, and
provides data to estimate the number and characteristics of local jail
inmates nationwide. The ASJ collects population information, including
the number of confined inmates, number of individuals supervised in the
community by local jails, average daily population, and the number of
holds for other authorities as of June 30. The ASJ also obtains data on
inmate movements, including the number of admissions and discharges;
facility characteristics, including rated and peak capacities and
staffing; and inmate characteristics, including race and ethnicity,
sex, age group (adult or juvenile), primary offense, and conviction
status.
The SJIC collects data from Indian country jails that are
not part of either the ASJ or the MCI-Jails collections. The SJIC
collects information from confinement facilities, detention centers,
jails, and other facilities operated by tribal authorities or the
Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Although there is some duplication in data collected by the ASJ and
MCI-Jails, the reference dates are different and the ASJ is a sample,
whereas MCI-Jails is a full enumeration of jail jurisdictions. Due to
seasonal fluctuations in jail populations, and fewer inmates held at
year-end (December 31), the ASJ uses the last weekday in June as its
reference date. MCI-Jails uses December 31 as its reference date, and
more importantly, uses ADP from January 1 to December 31 as the
denominator in calculating mortality rates, which is consistent with
the time period represented by the numerator, the number of deaths in a
calendar year.
The following forms are proposed to be transferred from OMB Control
Number 1121-0094 to OMB Control Number 1121-0249:
CJ-9: Death Report on Inmates under Jail Jurisdiction.
This form goes to all jail jurisdictions that are operated by a county
or city. Jail administrators are requested to complete the form if
their facilities had one or more deaths in a calendar year.
CJ-10: Death Report on Inmates in Private and Multi-
Jurisdictional Jails. This form goes to all confinement facilities
administered by two or more local governments (regional jails) and
privately owned or operated confinement facilities. Jail administrators
are requested to complete the form if their facilities had one or more
deaths in a calendar year.
CJ-9A: Annual Summary on Inmates under Jail Jurisdiction.
This form goes to county and city jail jurisdictions. The form collects
the number of male and female deaths in custody in a calendar year, the
number of males and females confined as of December 31, the number of
male and female admissions during the year, the average daily
population by sex, and the number of persons confined on behalf of
other agencies.
CJ-10A: Annual Summary on Inmates in Private and Multi-
Jurisdictional Jails. This form goes to confinement facilities
administered by two or more local governments (regional jails) and to
privately owned or operated facilities. The form collects the same
information as Form CJ-9A.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: The combined MCI for prisons and jails would
collect annual data from the 50 state departments of corrections and
roughly 3,000 jail jurisdictions on the number and nature of deaths in
their custody.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond:
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Total burden
Number of data Number of Average (in hours,
Data supplier and form Reporting method suppliers responses reporting time rounded to
(in minutes) whole number)
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Verification calls (local Telephone....... 3,000 3,000 9 450
jails).
CJ-9A, CJ-10A jail annual Online, mail.... 3,000 2,900 15 725
summary.
CJ-9, CJ-10 jail death report. Online, mail.... 3,000 1,000 30 500
Data quality follow-up (local Telephone, email 3,000 350 10 58
jails).
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Total, MCI-Jails.......... ................ .............. .............. .............. 1,733
Verification calls (state Telephone....... 50 50 9 8
prisons).
NPS-4A, state prison death Online, mail.... 50 3,500 30 1,750
report.
NPS-4, state prison annual Online, mail.... 50 50 5 4
summary.
Data quality follow-up (state Telephone, email 50 420 10 70
prisons).
Total, MCI-State Prisons.. ................ .............. .............. .............. 1,832
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Total Burden.......... ................ .............. .............. .............. 3,565
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The estimated total burden hours associated with this combined jail
and state prison mortality collection for report year 2018 is 3,565.
This is a transfer of 1,733 hours from the jail mortality collection to
the state prison mortality collection. When the state prison mortality
collection was last approved in 2016, the total burden estimate was
1,723 hours. The state prison portion is now estimated at 1,832 burden
hours due to an increase in the expected number of individual death
reports. Based on the average number of death reports received over the
most recent 10-year period, BJS expects to receive about 3,500 state
prison and 1,000 jail death reports per year.
If additional information is required, contact: Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: September 7, 2018.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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