[Federal Register: August 17, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 158)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Justice.

Action: Notice of information collection under review; reinstatement, 
with change, of a previously approved

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collection for which approval has expired. Census of State and Federal 
Adult Correctional Facilities, Form CJ-43.

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    The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of 
Justice Statistics, has submitted the following information collection 
request for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This proposed information collection is 
published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. 
Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for ``sixty 60 day'' 
until: October 18, 1999. 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 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 need a copy of the 
proposed information collection instrument with instructions, or 
additional information, please contact Darrell K. Gilliard, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, 810 7th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20530.
    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: Census of State and Federal Adult 
Correctional Facilities.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Forms CJ-43, Bureau of 
Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, United States 
Department of Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Federal, State, and District prison 
authorities. The Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional 
Facilities is conducted every five to six years, obtaining information 
on each type of facility designed to house adults sentenced to 
confinement by a State, District, or Federal court. These facilities 
include prisons, penitentiaries, and correctional institutions; boot 
camps; prison farms; reception, diagnostic, and classification centers; 
road camps; forestry and conservation camps; youthful offender 
facilities (except in California); vocational training facilities; 
prison hospitals; drug and alcohol treatment facilities; and State 
operated local detention facilities. Questions included in the Census 
will cover facility characteristics such as security level, use of 
space, capacity, planned changes, court orders or consent decrees, 
average daily population, internal units, staffing, assaults, mental 
and health issues, and programs. The Census will also include questions 
on inmate demographics, offense characteristics, deaths, and custody 
levels. The census also furnishes the sampling frame for the Survey of 
Inmates in State Correctional Facilities, the Survey of Inmates in 
Federal Correctional Facilities, and other facility-based sample 
surveys. The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street Act of 1968, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 3732) authorizes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 
Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice to collect this 
information.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: It is estimated 
that 1,750 respondents will complete a 2-hour census form.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The total number of burden hours to complete the 
Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities is 3,500 
hours.
    If additional information is required contact: Mrs. Brenda E. Dyer, 
Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management Division, 
Suite 1220, Washington Center, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: August 11, 1999.
Brenda E. Dyer,
Department Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of 
Justice.
[FR Doc. 99-21250 Filed 8-16-99; 8:45 am]
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