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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: January 30, 2019.
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)
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 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 30 days until April
5, 2019.
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 E.
Ann Carson, Statistician, 810 Seventh
Street NW, Washington, DC 20531
(email: elizabeth.carson@usdoj.gov;
telephone: 202–616–3496).
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,
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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. Annually, 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 a single 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 characteristics of
inmate deaths in the custody of state
and local 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
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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
31, average daily population (ADP),
number of holds for other jurisdictions,
and number of admissions to the jail
during the calendar year.
• 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.
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• 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 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.
Number of
total data
respondents
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
(minutes)
Total burden
(hours)
Respondent
Type of contact
State prisons .....................................
Annual summary form (NPS–4) submission—online and mail.
Death record form (NPS–4A) submission—online and mail.
Data quality follow-up—email and
telephone.
Initial verification call—telephone .....
50
50
5
4
50
3,750
* 30
1,875
50
46
15
12
50
50
8
7
...........................................................
Annual summary form (CJ9A, CJ–
10A) submission—online and mail.
Death record form (CJ–9, CJ–10)
submission—online and mail.
Data quality follow-up—email and
telephone.
Initial verification call—telephone .....
50
3,000
3,800
3,000
........................
15
1,898
750
3,000
1,100
* 30
550
3,000
900
15
225
3,000
3,000
8
400
Total for local jails ......................
...........................................................
3,000
4,100
........................
1,925
Total hours for MCI (state
prison and local jail).
...........................................................
3,050
7,900
........................
3,823
Total for state prisons ................
Local jails ...................................
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* Minutes per death.
State Prison Respondent Burden.
Reporting time estimates from state
prison authorities are based on previous
MCI data collection cycles. Based on
2016 data, 50 DOCs submitted data on
3,750 inmate deaths. The average
response time for the death report form
(NPS–4A) is 30 minutes per death.
Given these assumptions, we expect that
in any data collection year:
• 50 state prison respondents will
submit 3,750 death reports, with an
average response time of 30 minutes per
death report form, for a total burden of
1,875 hours.
Each state prison respondent will
need to fill out a one-item annual
summary form (NPS–4) with an
estimated reporting time of 5 minutes.
We expect the response time to remain
constant:
• 50 state prison respondents will
each submit an annual summary form,
with an average response time of 5
minutes per annual summary form, for
a total burden of 4 hours.
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The 50 state prison respondents will
be called to participate in the
verification call (with an estimated
reporting time of 8 minutes) prior to the
start of the data collection. We expect
that in any data collection year:
• 50 state prison respondents will
have an average response time of 8
minutes per verification call, for a total
burden of 7 hours.
Data quality follow-up occurs
between May and July of each collection
year and involves confirming, clarifying
or correcting data reported on the NPS–
4 and NPS–4A forms submitted by the
respondent. Not all DOC records
submitted require data quality followup. An average of 46 respondents
require some level of follow-up
annually, which averages about 15
minutes per respondent, for a total
burden of 12 hours.
Thus, the total burden of hours
associated with the prison data
collection is 1,898 hours, with an
average burden of 38 hours per year
across the 50 state prison respondents.
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This is an increase in burden from the
2016 MCI clearance package, due to an
increase in the number of deaths
reported.
Local Jail Respondent Burden.
Reporting time estimates from local jail
authorities are based on previous MCI
data collection cycles. Based 2016 data,
approximately 3,000 DOCs submitted
data on 1,100 inmate deaths. The
average response time for the death
report form (CJ–9 or CJ–10) is 30
minutes per death. Given these
assumptions, we expect that in any data
collection year:
• 3,000 local jail respondents will
submit 1,100 death reports, with an
average response time of 30 minutes per
death report form, for a total burden of
550 hours.
Each local jail respondent will need to
fill out a five-item annual summary
form (CJ–9A or CJ–10A) with an
estimated reporting time of 15 minutes.
We expect the response time to remain
constant:
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• 3,000 local jail respondents will
each submit an annual summary form,
with an average response time of 15
minutes per annual summary form, for
a total burden of 750 hours.
The 3,000 local jail respondents will
be called to participate in the
verification call (with an estimated
reporting time of 8 minutes) prior to the
start of the data collection. We expect
that in any data collection year:
• 3,000 local jail respondents will
have an average response time of 8
minutes per verification call, for a total
burden of 400 hours.
Data quality follow-up occurs
between May and July of each collection
year and involves confirming, clarifying,
or correcting data reported on the CJ–9/
CJ–9A or CJ–10/CJ–10A forms submitted
by the respondent. Not all local jail
records submitted require data quality
follow-up. An average of 900 local jail
respondents require some level of
follow-up annually, which averages
about 15 minutes per respondent, for a
total burden of 225 hours.
The total burden of hours associated
with the local jail data collection is
1,925 hours, with an average burden of
39 minutes per year across the 3,000
local jail respondents. This is an
increase in burden from the 2016 MCIJails clearance package (OMB control
number 1121–0094), due to an increase
in the number of deaths reported and in
the number of local jail respondents
who will need to be contacted for data
quality follow-up, based on recent years’
data collections.
Combined State Prison/Local Jail
Burden estimate. The total burden
estimate for MCI across all 3,050 state
prisons and local jails is 3,823 hours 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: January 30, 2019.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1110–0077]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested New Collection
(Previously Submitted as an
Emergency Collection) FIX NICS Act
State Implementation Plan Survey
Criminal Justice Information
Services Division, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Justice
(DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), Criminal Justice Information
Services (CJIS) Division 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
was previously published in the Federal
Register Volume xx, Number xxx, page
xx–xx, on Month xx, 2018, allowing for
a 60 day comment period.
DATES: Comments are encourages and
will be accepted for an additional 30
day until March 6, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 Gerry Lynn Brovey, Supervisory
Information Liaison Specialist, FBI,
CJIS, Resources Management Section,
Administrative Unit, Module C–2, 1000
Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West
Virginia 26306 (telephone: 304–625–
4320) or email glbrovey@fbi.gov. Written
comments and/or suggestions can also
be directed to the Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention
Department of Justice Desk Officer,
Washington, DC 20503. Additionally,
comments may be submitted via email
to OIRA_submission@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
agency, including whether the
information will have practical
utility;
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—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;
—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:
New Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: FIX
NICS Act State Implementation Plan
Survey.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
Sponsoring component: Department of
Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Criminal Justice Information Services
Division.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: State, local, federal
and tribal law enforcement agencies.
This collection is needed for the
reporting or making available of
appropriate records to the National
Instant Criminal Background Check
System (NICS) established under section
103 of the Brady Handgun Violence
Prevention Act. Acceptable data is
stored as part of the NICS of the FBI.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond/reply: It is estimated 56
respondents will complete each form
within approximately 2,400 minutes.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: There are an estimated 2,240
total annual burden hours associated
with this collection.
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, Suite 3E.405B,
Washington, DC 20530.
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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: 30-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 30 days until
April 5, 2019.
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
E. Ann Carson, Statistician, 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC
20531 (email: elizabeth.carson@usdoj.gov; telephone: 202-616-3496).
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.
Annually, 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 a single
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 characteristics
of inmate deaths in the custody of state and local 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 31,
average daily population (ADP), number of holds for other
jurisdictions, and number of admissions to the jail during the calendar
year.
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.
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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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Number of Average
Respondent Type of contact total data Number of reporting time Total burden
respondents responses (minutes) (hours)
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State prisons................. Annual summary 50 50 5 4
form (NPS-4)
submission--onl
ine and mail.
Death record 50 3,750 * 30 1,875
form (NPS-4A)
submission--onl
ine and mail.
Data quality 50 46 15 12
follow-up--
email and
telephone.
Initial 50 50 8 7
verification
call--telephone.
-----------------
Total for state prisons... ................ 50 3,800 .............. 1,898
Local jails............... Annual summary 3,000 3,000 15 750
form (CJ9A, CJ-
10A)
submission--onl
ine and mail.
Death record 3,000 1,100 * 30 550
form (CJ-9, CJ-
10) submission--
online and mail.
Data quality 3,000 900 15 225
follow-up--
email and
telephone.
Initial 3,000 3,000 8 400
verification
call--telephone.
-----------------
Total for local jails..... ................ 3,000 4,100 .............. 1,925
-----------------
Total hours for MCI ................ 3,050 7,900 .............. 3,823
(state prison and
local jail).
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* Minutes per death.
State Prison Respondent Burden. Reporting time estimates from state
prison authorities are based on previous MCI data collection cycles.
Based on 2016 data, 50 DOCs submitted data on 3,750 inmate deaths. The
average response time for the death report form (NPS-4A) is 30 minutes
per death. Given these assumptions, we expect that in any data
collection year:
50 state prison respondents will submit 3,750 death
reports, with an average response time of 30 minutes per death report
form, for a total burden of 1,875 hours.
Each state prison respondent will need to fill out a one-item
annual summary form (NPS-4) with an estimated reporting time of 5
minutes. We expect the response time to remain constant:
50 state prison respondents will each submit an annual
summary form, with an average response time of 5 minutes per annual
summary form, for a total burden of 4 hours.
The 50 state prison respondents will be called to participate in
the verification call (with an estimated reporting time of 8 minutes)
prior to the start of the data collection. We expect that in any data
collection year:
50 state prison respondents will have an average response
time of 8 minutes per verification call, for a total burden of 7 hours.
Data quality follow-up occurs between May and July of each
collection year and involves confirming, clarifying or correcting data
reported on the NPS-4 and NPS-4A forms submitted by the respondent. Not
all DOC records submitted require data quality follow-up. An average of
46 respondents require some level of follow-up annually, which averages
about 15 minutes per respondent, for a total burden of 12 hours.
Thus, the total burden of hours associated with the prison data
collection is 1,898 hours, with an average burden of 38 hours per year
across the 50 state prison respondents. This is an increase in burden
from the 2016 MCI clearance package, due to an increase in the number
of deaths reported.
Local Jail Respondent Burden. Reporting time estimates from local
jail authorities are based on previous MCI data collection cycles.
Based 2016 data, approximately 3,000 DOCs submitted data on 1,100
inmate deaths. The average response time for the death report form (CJ-
9 or CJ-10) is 30 minutes per death. Given these assumptions, we expect
that in any data collection year:
3,000 local jail respondents will submit 1,100 death
reports, with an average response time of 30 minutes per death report
form, for a total burden of 550 hours.
Each local jail respondent will need to fill out a five-item annual
summary form (CJ-9A or CJ-10A) with an estimated reporting time of 15
minutes. We expect the response time to remain constant:
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3,000 local jail respondents will each submit an annual
summary form, with an average response time of 15 minutes per annual
summary form, for a total burden of 750 hours.
The 3,000 local jail respondents will be called to participate in
the verification call (with an estimated reporting time of 8 minutes)
prior to the start of the data collection. We expect that in any data
collection year:
3,000 local jail respondents will have an average response
time of 8 minutes per verification call, for a total burden of 400
hours.
Data quality follow-up occurs between May and July of each
collection year and involves confirming, clarifying, or correcting data
reported on the CJ-9/CJ-9A or CJ-10/CJ-10A forms submitted by the
respondent. Not all local jail records submitted require data quality
follow-up. An average of 900 local jail respondents require some level
of follow-up annually, which averages about 15 minutes per respondent,
for a total burden of 225 hours.
The total burden of hours associated with the local jail data
collection is 1,925 hours, with an average burden of 39 minutes per
year across the 3,000 local jail respondents. This is an increase in
burden from the 2016 MCI-Jails clearance package (OMB control number
1121-0094), due to an increase in the number of deaths reported and in
the number of local jail respondents who will need to be contacted for
data quality follow-up, based on recent years' data collections.
Combined State Prison/Local Jail Burden estimate. The total burden
estimate for MCI across all 3,050 state prisons and local jails is
3,823 hours 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: January 30, 2019.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2019-00852 Filed 2-1-19; 8:45 am]
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