Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Extension, With Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Prison Population Reports: Summary of Sentenced Population Movement-National Prisoner Statistics, 42952-42953 [2019-17748]

Download as PDF 42952 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 160 / Monday, August 19, 2019 / Notices Dated: August 14, 2019. Melody Braswell, Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 2019–17749 Filed 8–16–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–02–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [OMB Number 1110–0001] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection; eComments Requested; Return A— Monthly Return of Offenses Known to Police and Supplement to Return A— Monthly Return of Offenses Known to Police; Extension of a Currently Approved Collection Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice. ACTION: 30-Day notice. AGENCY: 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. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register at xx FR xxxx, on Month xx, xxxx allowing for a 60 day comment period. DATES: Comments are encourages and will be accepted for an additional 30 days until September 18, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice, especially the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be directed to Mrs. Amy C. Blasher, Unit Chief, Federal Bureau of Investigation, CJIS Division, Module E– 3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306; facsimile (304) 625–3566. Written comments and/or suggestions can also be sent to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503 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 jspears on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:29 Aug 16, 2019 Jkt 247001 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 —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. Title of the Form/Collection: Return A—Monthly Return of Offenses Known to Police and Supplement to Return A— Monthly Return of Offenses Known to Police and Supplement of Return A— Monthly Return of Offenses Known to Police. 3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department sponsoring the collection: Form Number: 1–720 and 1–706 Sponsor: Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice. 4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: City, county, state, federal, and tribal law enforcement agencies. Abstract: Under Title 28, U.S. Code 534, Acquisition, Preservation, and Exchange of Identification Records; Appointments of Officials, 1930, this collection requests Part I offense and clearance data, as well as stolen and recovered monetary values of stolen property throughout the United States from city, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies in order for the FBI UCR Program to serve as the national clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of crime data and to publish these statistics in the Preliminary Semi-Annual Report and Crime in the United States. 5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond/reply: There are approximately 18,576 law enforcement agencies within the universe of potential respondents. Based on current reporting patterns, approximately 9,672 law enforcement agency respondents would submit PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 monthly resulting in 116,064 responses with an estimated response time of 7 minutes per response on this form. The remaining 7,027 agencies would provide responses through the National Incident-Based Reporting System covered under a different data collection. 6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: There are approximately 9,672 hours, annual burden, associated with this information 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. Dated: August 14, 2019. Melody Braswell, Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 2019–17752 Filed 8–16–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–02–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [OMB Number 1121–0102] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Extension, With Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Prison Population Reports: Summary of Sentenced Population Movement—National Prisoner Statistics 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 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. DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until October 18, 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, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531 (email: SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\19AUN1.SGM 19AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 160 / Monday, August 19, 2019 / Notices jspears on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES 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, with change, of a currently approved collection. 2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Summary of Sentenced Population Movement—National Prisoner Statistics. 3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department sponsoring the collection: Form numbers for the questionnaire are NPS–1b (Summary of Sentenced Population Movement) and NPS–1B(T) Prisoner Population Report—U.S. Territories. The applicable component within the Department of Justice is the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Office of Justice Programs. 4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: For the NPS–1B form, 51 central reporters (one from each state and the Federal Bureau of Prisons) responsible for keeping records on inmates will be asked to provide information for the following categories: (a) As of December 31, the number of male and female inmates within their custody and under their jurisdiction with maximum sentences of more than one year, one year or less; and unsentenced inmates; (b) The number of inmates housed in privately operated facilities, county or VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:29 Aug 16, 2019 Jkt 247001 other local authority correctional facilities, or in other state or Federal facilities on December 31; (c) Prison admission information in the calendar year for the following categories: New court commitments, parole violators, other conditional release violators returned, transfers from other jurisdictions, AWOLs and escapees returned, and returns from appeal and bond; (d) Prison release information in the calendar year for the following categories: Expirations of sentence, commutations, other conditional releases, probations, supervised mandatory releases, paroles, other conditional releases, deaths by cause, AWOLs, escapes, transfers to other jurisdictions, and releases to appeal or bond; (e) Number of inmates under jurisdiction on December 31 by race and Hispanic origin; (f) Number of inmates under physical custody on December 31 classified as non-citizens of the U.S. with maximum sentences of more than one year, one year or less; and unsentenced inmates; (g) Number of inmates under physical custody on December 31 who are citizens of the U.S. with maximum sentences of more than one year, one year or less; and unsentenced inmates; (h) The source of U.S. citizenship data; (i) Testing of incoming inmates for HIV; and HIV infection and AIDS cases on December 31; and (j) The aggregated rated, operational, and/or design capacities, by sex, of the state/BOP’s correctional facilities at year-end. For the NPS–1B(T) form, five central reporters from the U.S. Territories and Commonwealths of Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa will be asked to provide information for the following categories for the calendar year just ended, and, if available, for the previous calendar year: (a) As of December 31, the number of male and female inmates within their custody and under their jurisdiction with maximum sentences of more than one year, one year or less; and unsentenced inmates; and an assessment of the completeness of these counts (complete, partial, or estimated) (b) The number of inmates under jurisdiction on December 31 but in the custody of facilities operated by other jurisdictions’ authorities solely to reduce prison overcrowding; (c) Number of inmates under jurisdiction on December 31 by race and Hispanic origin; PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 42953 (d) The aggregated rated, operational, and/or design capacities, by sex, of the territory’s/Commonwealth’s correctional facilities at year-end. The Bureau of Justice Statistics uses this information in published reports and for the U.S. Congress, Executive Office of the President, practitioners, researchers, students, the media, and others interested in criminal justice statistics. 5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: During data collection in 2020, 51 respondents will each take an average of 7 hours to complete the NPS– 1B and 5 respondents will each taking an average of 2 hours to respond to the NPS–1B(T) form. Data collection conducted in 2021 and 2022 will require each respondent to spend an average of 6.5 total hours to respond to the NPS–1B form. 5 respondents, each taking an average of 2 hours to respond to the NPS–1B(T) form. The burden estimates are based on feedback from respondents, and the burden for data collected in 2021 and 2022 remains the same as the previous clearance. The burden for data collected in 2020 increased due to the addition of questions disaggregating the number of U.S. citizens in custody by sentence length. 6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: There is an estimated 1,050 total burden hours associated with this collection for the three years of data collection, or approximately 350 hours for each 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: August 14, 2019. Melody Braswell, Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 2019–17748 Filed 8–16–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–18–P E:\FR\FM\19AUN1.SGM 19AUN1

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0102]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Extension, With Change, of a Currently Approved 
Collection: Prison Population Reports: Summary of Sentenced Population 
Movement--National Prisoner Statistics

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 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.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
October 18, 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, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh 
Street NW, Washington, DC 20531 (email:

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[email protected]; 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, with change, of a 
currently approved collection.
    2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Summary of Sentenced 
Population Movement--National Prisoner Statistics.
    3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: Form numbers for the 
questionnaire are NPS-1b (Summary of Sentenced Population Movement) and 
NPS-1B(T) Prisoner Population Report--U.S. Territories. The applicable 
component within the Department of Justice is the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, in the Office of Justice Programs.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: For the NPS-1B form, 51 central reporters 
(one from each state and the Federal Bureau of Prisons) responsible for 
keeping records on inmates will be asked to provide information for the 
following categories:
    (a) As of December 31, the number of male and female inmates within 
their custody and under their jurisdiction with maximum sentences of 
more than one year, one year or less; and unsentenced inmates;
    (b) The number of inmates housed in privately operated facilities, 
county or other local authority correctional facilities, or in other 
state or Federal facilities on December 31;
    (c) Prison admission information in the calendar year for the 
following categories: New court commitments, parole violators, other 
conditional release violators returned, transfers from other 
jurisdictions, AWOLs and escapees returned, and returns from appeal and 
bond;
    (d) Prison release information in the calendar year for the 
following categories: Expirations of sentence, commutations, other 
conditional releases, probations, supervised mandatory releases, 
paroles, other conditional releases, deaths by cause, AWOLs, escapes, 
transfers to other jurisdictions, and releases to appeal or bond;
    (e) Number of inmates under jurisdiction on December 31 by race and 
Hispanic origin;
    (f) Number of inmates under physical custody on December 31 
classified as non-citizens of the U.S. with maximum sentences of more 
than one year, one year or less; and unsentenced inmates;
    (g) Number of inmates under physical custody on December 31 who are 
citizens of the U.S. with maximum sentences of more than one year, one 
year or less; and unsentenced inmates;
    (h) The source of U.S. citizenship data;
    (i) Testing of incoming inmates for HIV; and HIV infection and AIDS 
cases on December 31; and
    (j) The aggregated rated, operational, and/or design capacities, by 
sex, of the state/BOP's correctional facilities at year-end.
    For the NPS-1B(T) form, five central reporters from the U.S. 
Territories and Commonwealths of Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern 
Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa will be asked 
to provide information for the following categories for the calendar 
year just ended, and, if available, for the previous calendar year:
    (a) As of December 31, the number of male and female inmates within 
their custody and under their jurisdiction with maximum sentences of 
more than one year, one year or less; and unsentenced inmates; and an 
assessment of the completeness of these counts (complete, partial, or 
estimated)
    (b) The number of inmates under jurisdiction on December 31 but in 
the custody of facilities operated by other jurisdictions' authorities 
solely to reduce prison overcrowding;
    (c) Number of inmates under jurisdiction on December 31 by race and 
Hispanic origin;
    (d) The aggregated rated, operational, and/or design capacities, by 
sex, of the territory's/Commonwealth's correctional facilities at year-
end.
    The Bureau of Justice Statistics uses this information in published 
reports and for the U.S. Congress, Executive Office of the President, 
practitioners, researchers, students, the media, and others interested 
in criminal justice statistics.
    5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of 
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: During data 
collection in 2020, 51 respondents will each take an average of 7 hours 
to complete the NPS-1B and 5 respondents will each taking an average of 
2 hours to respond to the NPS-1B(T) form. Data collection conducted in 
2021 and 2022 will require each respondent to spend an average of 6.5 
total hours to respond to the NPS-1B form. 5 respondents, each taking 
an average of 2 hours to respond to the NPS-1B(T) form. The burden 
estimates are based on feedback from respondents, and the burden for 
data collected in 2021 and 2022 remains the same as the previous 
clearance. The burden for data collected in 2020 increased due to the 
addition of questions disaggregating the number of U.S. citizens in 
custody by sentence length.
    6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There is an estimated 1,050 total burden hours 
associated with this collection for the three years of data collection, 
or approximately 350 hours for each 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: August 14, 2019.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2019-17748 Filed 8-16-19; 8:45 am]
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