[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48886-48887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24634]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Justice Programs
Bureau of Justice Statistics; Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice of Reinstatement, without change, of a previously
approved collection for which approval
[[Page 48887]]
has expired: Summary of Sentenced Population Movement--Annual Data
Collection.
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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 until November 17, 1997. This process is in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 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 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 agency's estimate of the burden of
the 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 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.
If you have additional comments, suggestions, or additional
information, especially regarding the estimated public burden and
associated response time, please write to Dr. Jan M. Chaiken, Director,
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St. NW, Washington, D.C.
20531. If you need a copy of the collection instrument with
instructions, or have additional information, please contact James
Stephan at (202) 616-3289, or via facsimile at 202-307-0128.
Overview of this information collection:
(1) Type of information collection: Reinstatement, without change,
of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
(2) The title of the Form/Collection: Summary of Sentenced
Population Movement, 1997.
(3) The agency form number and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection: Form: NPS-1. Corrections Unit,
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, United States
Department of Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked to respond, as well as a
brief abstract: Primary: State Departments of Corrections. Others: The
Federal Bureau of Prisons. Approximately 50 central reporters (one from
each State, the District of Columbia, and the Federal Bureau of
Prisons) responsible for keeping records on inmates under their
jurisdiction and in their custody will be asked to provide prison
admission information 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 bond and appeal. Respondents will be asked
to provide prison release information for the following categories:
expiration 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 and bond. In addition,
respondents will be asked for data on jurisdictional and custody
populations at yearend by gender for inmates with over 1 year maximum
sentence, and inmates with a year or less maximum sentence; for
information on the number of state inmates housed in facilities
operated by a county or other local authority on December 31 to ease
prison crowding; inmates on December 31 by race and Hispanic origin;
testing of incoming inmates for HIV; and HIV infection and AIDS cases
on December 31. 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: 52 respondents
each taking an average 6.5 hours to respond.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: 338 annual burden hours.
If additional information is required contact: Mr. Robert B.
Briggs, Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management Division,
Suite 850, Washington Center, 1001 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: September 12, 1997.
Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 97-24634 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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