[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.
[FR Doc. 2020-08731 Filed 4-23-20; 8:45 am]
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