Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: 2019 Census of Jails, 21269-21270 [2020-08042]

Agencies

• Department of Justice

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 74 (Thursday, April 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21269-21270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08042]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0094]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously 
Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: 2019 Census of 
Jails

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.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until 
May 18, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Written comments and recommendations 
for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days 
of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function.

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.

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Overview of This Information Collection

    1. Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement, with change, of a 
previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
    2. Title of the Form/Collection: Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ).
    3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: The ASJ contains one 
form, CJ-5, each year. The applicable component within the Department 
of Justice is the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), in the Office of 
Justice Programs.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Approximately 950 jails, representing 2,924 
local jails (city, county, regional, and private) will be requested to 
provide information for the following categories:
    (a) At midyear (last weekday in the month of June), the total 
number of inmates confined in jail facilities and the total number of 
persons under jail supervision, but not confined;
    (b) At midyear, inmate counts by sex, juvenile status, age group, 
race/Hispanic origin, probation and parole status, conviction status, 
severity of charge (felony or misdemeanor), and U.S. citizenship 
status;
    (c) At midyear, the numbers of inmates held for federal 
authorities, state prison authorities, American Indian or Alaska Native 
tribal governments, and other local jails;
    (d) On the weekend prior to midyear, whether the jail had a weekend 
program that allows offenders to serve their sentences of confinement 
only on weekends, and the number of program participants;
    (e) Rated capacity at midyear;
    (f) The date and count for the greatest number of confined inmates 
during the 30-day period in June;
    (g) The average daily population by sex during the 12-month period 
from July 1 of last year to June 30 of current year;
    (h) The number of new admissions into jail, and final discharges 
from jail, by sex during the 12-month period from July 1 of last year 
to June 30 of current year;
    (i) The number of persons under jail supervision under various 
programs outside jail;
    (j) At midyear, the number of staff members employed by the 
facility by sex and occupation (i.e., correctional officers or other 
staff).
    In addition to the above items, the 2020 and 2021 ASJ will include 
a special addendum on the COVID-19 epidemic with the following six 
questions:
    (a) One-day inmate counts every month from January to May 2020 (or 
July to December 2020);
    (b) The number of inmates that received expedited release due to 
COVID-19 from January 1, 2020, to June 30, 2020 (or from July 1, 2020, 
to December 31 2020);
    (c) The number of inmates tested for COVID-19 and the number that 
tested positive from January 1, 2020, to June 30, 2020 (or from July 1, 
2020, to December 31 2020);
    (d) The number of staff tested for COVID-19 and the number that 
tested positive from January 1, 2020, to June 30, 2020 (or from July 1, 
2020, to December 31 2020);
    (e) Inmate deaths and staff deaths from COVID-19 from January 1, 
2020, to June 30, 2020 (or from July 1, 2020, to December 31 2020);
    (f) The number of inmates not admitted to jail due to testing 
positive for COVID-19 during the intake process from January 1, 2020, 
to June 30, 2020 (or from July 1, 2020, to December 31 2020).
    The ASJ is the only national collection that tracks annual changes 
in the local jail population in the United States. BJS requests 
clearance for the 2020-22 ASJ under OMB Control Number 1121-0094. The 
ASJ was last approved under OMB Control Number 1121-0094 (exp. date 01/
31/2019), where it was bundled with the Mortality in Correctional 
Institutions-Jails (MCI, formerly the Deaths in Custody Reporting 
Program) and Survey of Jails in Indian Country. In 2017, the ASJ was 
separated from the MCI-Jails and became a stand-alone collection again.
    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 and 2021, 950 respondents will each take an average 
of 120 minutes to complete the CJ-5 form. Data quality follow-up is 
needed for an estimated 70% of the respondents (665) and the validation 
will run an average of 10 minutes for each respondent. In addition, 
about 60 jails will be contacted to verify facility operational status 
and point-of-contact information, which takes 5 minutes each on 
average. In total, the ASJ will incur a total burden estimate of 2,016 
hours, or 127 minutes per respondent, each year in 2020 and 2021. 
Without the COVID-19 questions, the 2022 ASJ form will take an average 
of 80 minutes to complete. In total, the 2020 ASJ will incur a burden 
estimate of 1,383 hours, or 87 minutes per respondent.
    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: April 13, 2020.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2020-08042 Filed 4-15-20; 8:45 a.m.]
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