Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 43876-43877 [2024-10971]

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• Department of Justice

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 98 (Monday, May 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43876-43877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10971]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0147]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously 
Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: Census of State and 
Federal Adult Correctional Facilities

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 30-day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 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. The proposed 
information collection was previously published in the Federal Register 
on March 11, 2024, allowing a 60-day comment period.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until 
June 20, 2024.

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 Laura Maruschak, 
Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20531, (email: [email protected]; telephone: 
202-598-0802).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register, volume 89 page 17524 on 
March 11, 2024, allowing a 60-day comment period.
    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.

    Written comments and recommendations for this information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website 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 and entering either the title of the information collection or 
the OMB Control Number 1121-0147. This information collection request 
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view 
Department of Justice, information collections currently under review 
by OMB.
    DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOJ notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.

Overview of This Information Collection

    1. Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement, with change, of a 
previously approved collection for which approval has expired. Proposed 
revisions include the addition of items to measure digital technology/
internet accessibility of inmates and security staff vacancies.
    2. Title of the Form/Collection: Census of State and Federal Adult 
Correctional Facilities (CCF).
    3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: CJ-43A and CJ-43B. The 
sponsoring component is the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Affected Public: State and Federal 
Government, and private entities contracted to house inmates for state 
and federal government.
    Abstract: The Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional 
Facilities (CCF) is part of the larger Bureau of Justice Statistics' 
(BJS) portfolio of establishment surveys that inform the nation on the 
characteristics of adult correctional facilities and persons sentenced 
to state and federal prisons. The CCF collects data at the facility 
level. Data obtained are intended to describe the characteristics of 
confinement and community-based adult correctional facilities that are 
operated by (1) state correctional and BOP authorities or (2) private 
entities that primarily house inmates for state correctional or BOP 
authorities. The data collected inform issues related to the operations 
of facilities and the conditions of confinement, including facility 
capacity and crowding, safety and security within prisons, staff 
workload, overall facility function, programming, work assignments, and 
special housing. BJS plans to continue to use two instruments to 
collect data on each facility eligible for the CCF with the reference 
date of June 30, 2024.
    Consistent with the most recent iteration of the CCF in 2019 the 
2024 CJ-43A includes--

 Functions of the facility (e.g., general confinement, 
community corrections, reception/diagnostic, medical treatment 
confinement)
 Percentage of inmates regularly permitted to leave the 
facility unaccompanied
 Whether the facility is administratively linked (e.g., share 
budgets or staff) to other facilities and if they are, names of other 
facilities
 Type of authority operating the facility (e.g., federal, 
state, local, joint state and local, or private)
 Whether the facility is authorized to house males, females, or 
both males and females
 Physical-security level of the facility
 Whether the facility has a designated geriatric unit for 
inmates of advanced age
 Whether the facility has a housing unit specifically 
designated for veterans
 Rated or design capacity of the facility
 Whether the facility operated under a state or federal court 
order or consent decree that limited the number of inmates it could 
house
 Whether the facility operated under a state or federal court 
order or consent decree for specific conditions of confinement
 Year that state or federal court order or consent decree took 
effect
 Number of inmates, by sex on the reference date
 Number of inmates under the age of 18 by sex on the reference 
date
 Number of inmates by racial or ethnic category on the 
reference date

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 Number of inmates by custody-security level on the reference 
date
 Number of inmates by maximum sentence length (more than 1 year 
and 1 year or less) on the reference date
 Number of inmates who were non-U.S. citizens on the reference 
date
 Number of inmates being held in restrictive housing on 
reference date
 Number of inmates housed in protective custody, administrative 
segregation, segregated for disciplinary reasons, or other restrictive 
housing on the reference date
 Number of inmates held for federal, state, local, and tribal 
authorities on the reference date
 Number of staff (security and total), by sex on the reference 
date
 Number of security staff by racial or ethnic category on the 
reference date
 Number of misconduct/disciplinary reports filed on inmates 
over a 1-year period
 Number of assaults against facility staff by inmates reported 
over a 1-year period
 Number of prisoner assaults by other inmates with and without 
serious injury reported over a 1-year period
 Number of disturbances that occurred at the facility over a 1-
year period
 Whether the facility has a perimeter or barriers, or 
surveillance method to detect those attempting to escape
 Number of escapes by inmates that occurred at the facility 
over a 1-year period
 Number of walkaways by inmates that occurred at the facility 
over a 1-year period
 Types of work assignments available to inmates on the 
reference date
 Types of counseling or special programs available to inmates 
on the reference date
 Types of educational programs available to inmates on the 
reference date

    BJS is proposing to add the following items to the 2024 CJ-43A, all 
of which are likely available from the same databases as existing data 
elements and should pose minimal additional burden to the respondents, 
while enhancing BJS's ability to characterize the corrections system 
and populations it serves:

 Number of vacant security staff positions
 Accessibility of technology/internet by inmates

    Based on high burden, low utilization, and/or low response rates in 
the 2019 CCF, BJS is proposing to remove the following items from the 
CJ-43A:

 Number of payroll and nonpayroll staff by employment status 
(full-time and part-time)
 Number of security staff on average at facility by day shift, 
night shift, and overnight shift
 Number of shared security staff with other administratively 
linked facilities

    Consistent with the most recent iteration of the CCF in 2019 the 
2024 CJ-43B includes--

 Functions of the facility (e.g., general confinement, 
community corrections, reception/diagnostic, medical treatment 
confinement)
 Percentage of inmates regularly permitted to leave the 
facility unaccompanied
 Whether the facility is administratively linked to other 
facilities and if they are, names of other facilities
 Type of authority operating the facility (e.g., federal, 
state, local, joint state and local, or private)
 Whether the facility is authorized to house males, females, or 
both males and females
 Number of inmates by sex on the reference date
 Number of inmates under the age of 18 by sex on the reference 
date
 Number of inmates by racial or ethnic category on the 
reference date
 Number of inmates who were non-U.S. citizens on the reference 
date
 Number of inmates held for federal, state, local, and tribal 
authorities on the reference date
 Number of walkaways by inmates that occurred at the facility 
over a 1-year period
 Types of counseling or special programs available to inmates 
on the reference date
 Types of educational programs available to inmates on the 
reference date

    5. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
    6. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,670 state and federal 
adult correctional facilities, of which, 1,160 are confinement and 510 
are community-based facilities. A central respondent may be responsible 
for coordinating, compiling, and submitted data for multiple 
facilities, particularly in the case of state DOCs, the BOP, and 
private corporations operating multiple facilities.
    7. Estimated Time per Respondent: Estimated burden for the CJ43-A 
is 180 minutes and 55 minutes for the CJ-43B.
    8. Frequency: One-time.
    9. Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 3,947.5 hours
    10. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $151,979.
    If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC.

    Dated: May 15, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA,U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2024-10971 Filed 5-17-24; 8:45 am]
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