Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Extension of a Currently Approved Collection: National Prisoner Statistics Program, 71682-71683 [2022-25504]

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• Department of Justice

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71682-71683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25504]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0102]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Extension of a Currently Approved Collection: 
National Prisoner Statistics Program

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, 
Department of Justice (DOJ), 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 
December 23, 2022.

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: [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 of a Currently 
Approved Collection.
    2. The Title of the Form/Collection: National Prisoner Statistics 
program. The collection includes the following parts: Summary of 
Sentenced Population Movement, Prison Population Report--U.S. 
Territories.
    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; U.S. citizens; 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

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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: Data collection 
conducted in 2023, 2024, and 2025 (collecting prison data from 2022, 
2023, and 2024, respectively) 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 remains the same as the previous clearance.
    6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There is an estimated 1,025 total burden hours 
associated with this collection for the three years of data collection, 
or approximately 341.5 hours for each year.
    If additional information is required contact: Robert Houser, 
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice 
Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.206, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: November 17, 2022.
Robert Houser,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, Policy and Planning Staff, Office 
of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2022-25504 Filed 11-22-22; 8:45 am]
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