[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 58640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29005]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics
Information Collection Under Review
The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments
from the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will
be accepted for ``sixty days'' from the date listed at the top of this
page in the Federal Register.
Request written comments and suggestions from the public and
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information.
Your comments should address one or more of the following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through he use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology; e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses. If you have additional comments or
suggestions, please include them with your written response. If a copy
of the proposed collection instrument with instructions is not
published in this notice please contact the agency representative
listed below if you wish to receive a copy contact: Dr. Jan M. Chaiken,
Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 633 Indiana Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20531. Telephone: 202-307-0765.
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: Survey of Inmates in State
Correctional Facilities--1996, and Survey of Inmates in Federal
Correctional Facilities--1996.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Forms NPS-13, and NPS-
25. Sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Federal
Bureau of Prisons, United States Department of Justice.
(4) Who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Federal and State Prison Management Officials.
Other: None. Federal and State Prison Management Officials will be
asked to furnish a list of all inmates in custody. The list will be
checked for completeness with the NPS-13. Approximately 19,150 sampled
State and Federal inmates will be asked a series of questions in a
personal interview (NPS-25) using Computer Assisted Personal
Interviewing. The interview will collect information on the controlling
offense, demographic characteristics of the inmate, criminal history,
alcohol and drug use, victims of violent crime and conditions of
confinement. The Bureau of Justice Statistics uses this information in
published reports, and for the United States Congress, the Executive
Office of the President, practitioners, researchers, and others in the
criminal justice community.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 278 responses
at 1 hour each for the NPS-13 and 19,150 responses at 1 hour each for
the NPS-25.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 19,428 annual burden hours.
If additional information is required contact: Mr. Robert B.
Briggs, Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Systems
Policy Staff, Justice Management Division, Suite 850, Washington
Center, 1001 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: November 21, 1995.
Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 95-29005 Filed 11-27-95; 8:45 am]
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