Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 23066-23067 [2020-08731]

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• Department of Justice

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 80 (Friday, April 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23066-23067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08731]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0364]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: 
Annual 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.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until 
May 26, 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.

Overview of This Information Collection

    1. Type of Information Collection: Revision of a Currently Approved 
Collection.
    2. Title of the Form/Collection: Annual Survey of Jails in Indian 
Country (SJIC).
    3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: The form number is CJ-
5B: Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC). This form is sent to 
approximately 84 confinement facilities, detention centers, and other 
correctional facilities 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 (BJS), 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 to CJ-5B includes jail administrators from approximately 84 
confinement facilities, detention centers, and other correctional 
facilities operated by tribal authorities or the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs. The respondents will be asked to provide information for the 
following categories:
    (a) At midyear (last weekday in the month of June), the number of 
inmates confined in jail facilities including: Male and female adult 
and juvenile inmates; persons under age 18 held as adults; age category 
(starting in 2020); convicted and unconvicted males and females; 
persons held for a felony and a misdemeanor; the inmates most serious 
offense (i.e., domestic violence offense, aggravated or simple assault, 
rape, other violent, burglary, larceny-theft, drug law violation, DWI/
DUI of alcohol or drugs, public intoxication, and other unspecified 
offenses);
    (b) The average daily population during the 30-day period in June;
    (c) The date and count for the greatest number of confined inmates 
during the 30-day period in June;
    (d) The number of new admissions into jail, and final discharges 
from jail during the month of June;
    (e) From July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current 
collection year: The number of inmate deaths while confined, the number 
of deaths attributed to suicide, and the number of confined inmates 
that attempted suicide;
    (f) At midyear, the number of correctional staff employed by the 
facility and their occupation (e.g., administration, jail operations, 
educational staff, etc.);
    (g) At midyear, the number of jail operations employees who had 
received the basic detention officer certification and how many had 
received 40 hours of in-service training; and
    (h) At midyear, the total rated capacity of jail facilities.
    In addition to the above items, the 2020 and 2021 SJIC 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 
(July 2020 to December 2020 for the 2021 SJIC);
    (b) The number of inmates that received expedited release due to 
COVID-19 from January 1, 2020, to June

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30, 2020 (July 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020 for the 2021 SJIC);
    (c) The number of inmates tested for COVID-19 and the number that 
tested positive from January 1, 2020, to June 30, 2020 (July 1, 2020, 
to December 31, 2020 for the 2021 SJIC);
    (d) The number of staff tested for COVID-19 and the number that 
tested positive from January 1, 2020, to June 30, 2020 (July 1, 2020, 
to December 31, 2020 for the 2021 SJIC);
    (e) Inmate deaths and staff deaths from COVID-19 from January 1, 
2020, to June 30, 2020 (July 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020 for the 2021 
SJIC);
    (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 (July 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020 for the 2021 
SJIC).
    This collection is the only national effort devoted to describing 
and understanding annual changes in the tribal jail population. The 
collection enables BJS, tribal correctional authorities and 
administrators, legislators, researchers, and jail planners to track 
growth in the number of jails and their capacities nationally, as well 
as to track changes in the demographics and supervision status of the 
tribal jail population and the prevalence of crowding. To address the 
public-health emergency on COVID-19, BJS modified the 2020 and 2021 
survey instrument to include COVID-19 related questions.
    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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                                                                                      Average        Estimated
            Reporting mode                 Purpose of contact        Number of       reporting     total burden
                                                                     responses      time (min)         hours
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2019 SJIC:
    Mail, Fax, Email, telephone.......  Data collection.........              84              75             105
    Email and telephone...............  Verify facility                       84               2               3
                                         operational status and
                                         point-of-contact.
    Email and telephone...............  Data quality follow-up                84               7              10
                                         validation.
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        Total.........................  ........................              84              84             118
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2020 and 2021 SJIC:
    Mail, Fax, Email, telephone.......  Data collection.........              84             115             161
    Email and telephone...............  Verify facility                       84               4               6
                                         operational status,
                                         point-of-contact, and
                                         pre-notification of
                                         COVID-19 addendum.
    Email and telephone...............  Data quality follow-up                84              10              14
                                         validation.
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        Total.........................  ........................              84             129             181
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    The 2019 SJIC questionnaire (form CJ-5B) was sent to 84 Indian 
country correctional facilities operated by tribal authorities or the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Based on prior years' reporting, we 
estimated a reporting time of 75 minutes for the 2019 SJIC 
questionnaire. Also in 2019, the respondents had an additional average 
reporting time of 2 minutes to verify facility operational status and 
point-of-contact, and 7 minutes for data quality follow-up validation.
    For each year in 2020 and 2021, we estimate an average reporting 
time of 115 minutes for the survey form that includes the new question 
on inmate counts by age category and the addendum on COVID-19. The 
respondents will also have an additional average reporting time of 4 
minutes to verify facility operational status, point-of-contact, and to 
pre-notify and answer respondent questions on the COVID-19 addendum. If 
needed, jail respondents will also be contacted by email or telephone 
to verify data quality issues (10 minutes per respondent).
    The total reporting time per facility is 84 minutes in 2019 and 129 
minutes each year in 2020 and 2021. In all, the total burden was 118 
hours in 2019 and 181 hours each year in 2020 and 2021.
    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 21, 2020.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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