80 FR 26299 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired; Survey: Survey of Prison Inmates (Formerly Named the Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities)
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 88 (May 7, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 88 (May 7, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 88 (Thursday, May 7, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 26299-26300] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-11005] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [OMB Number 1121-0152] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired; Survey: Survey of Prison Inmates (Formerly Named the Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities) AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice. ACTION: 30-day notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register at 80 FR 9749, February 24, 2015, allowing for a 60 day comment period. DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for an additional 30 days until June 8, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional 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 Lauren Glaze, Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW., Washington, DC 20531 (email: [email protected]; telephone: 202-305-9628). Written comments and/or suggestions can also be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20530 or sent to [email protected]. 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: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired. (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Survey of Prison Inmates, 2015- 2016 (formerly named the Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Facilities). (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: The form number of the questionnaire is NPS-25. The applicable component within the Department of Justice is the Bureau of Justice Statistics (Corrections Unit), in the Office of Justice Programs. (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals. Others: State government and Federal government. Affected public are prison inmates age 18 or older held in adult state or federal correctional facilities and the adult state and federal correctional facilities. The purposes of this omnibus survey are to generate reliable, nationally- representative estimates of the characteristics of prisoners in the United States, track changes in the characteristics of prisoners over time, conduct studies of special populations of prisoners, and identify policy-relevant changes in the prison population. The survey will also be used to produce subnational estimates of prisoners within jurisdictions that have the largest prison populations (i.e. 100,000 or more) in the nation. The 2015-2016 SPI survey builds upon prior surveys and is organized around the concepts of harm, risk, and reentry. Specifically, the harms that prisoners have perpetrated on society as measured by the severity of the offense, the incident characteristics of the offense and criminal history; the risk they pose for recidivism as measured by harm elements and additional risk factors such as ties to the [[Page 26300]] community and mainstream institutions of social integration, such as pre-prison employment within the labor market; their challenges and expectations for reentry back into the community as measured by SPI through the extent of substance abuse, mental health, and medical problems of prisoners, treatment they may have received for problems, programs in which they participated while in prison, and their motivation (i.e., intrinsic or extrinsic) to participate in programs. In addition to collecting the survey data, in an effort to minimize burden on facilities and inmates and to conduct future studies, inmates will be asked to provide consent to link their 2015-2016 SPI survey data to their criminal history records and any updates made to those records over the next 10 years. The administrative records will be used to augment the survey data and to conduct prospective recidivism studies of the 2015-2016 SPI sample of inmates who are released from prison within three to five years of completion of the survey. Inmates will also be asked to provide their Social Security number (SSN) to link their survey data to records from the Social Security Administration (SSA). The goal of this effort is to provide more detailed information about the pre-prison earnings and benefits of inmates without taking up more of their time during the interview. (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The 2015-2016 SPI consists of a pretest and a national study. The goal of the pretest is to test the functionality of the Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) instrument prior to fielding it on a national scale. The pretest will include one state and one federal correctional facility providing a roster of inmates at 0.5 hours per facility for a total of 1 hour; prison staff escorting 60 inmates to and from interview sites at 0.5 hours per inmate for a total of 30 hours; and 60 inmates responding to the questionnaire at 1.00 hours per interview for a total of 60 hours. The pretest will result in a total expected burden of approximately 91 hours. For the SPI national study, a maximum of 416 state and federal correctional facilities will provide a roster of inmates at 0.5 hours per facility for a total of 208 hours; prison staff will escort a maximum of 33,200 inmates to and from interview sites at 0.5 hours per inmate for a total of 16,600 hours; a maximum of 33,200 inmates will respond to the questionnaire at 1.00 hours per interview for a total of 33,200 hours; and a maximum of 50 state departments of corrections and the Federal Bureau of Prisoners will provide post-survey follow-up information at 0.25 hours per jurisdiction for a total of 13 hours. The SPI national study will result in an expected maximum burden of approximately 50,021 hours. (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: The estimated total public burden is 50,112 annual hours. If additional information is required contact: Jerri Murray, Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405B, Washington, DC 20530. Dated: May 4, 2015. Jerri Murray, Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 2015-11005 Filed 5-6-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-18-P
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upgradient groundwater control is not DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE proposed collection of information,
needed because the contact has not including the validity of the
[OMB Number 1121–0152]
caused significant groundwater methodology and assumptions used;
contamination. In the lodged Agency Information Collection —Evaluate whether and if so how the
Stipulation and Proposed Order, the Activities; Proposed eCollection quality, utility, and clarity of the
Parties seek to amend Paragraph 13(c) eComments Requested; information to be collected can be
by striking the requirement for Reinstatement, With Change, of a enhanced; and
—Minimize the burden of the collection
upgradient groundwater control. In the Previously Approved Collection for
of information on those who are to
event that future monitoring identifies Which Approval Has Expired; Survey:
respond, including through the use of
significant groundwater contamination, Survey of Prison Inmates (Formerly
appropriate automated, electronic,
the amended Paragraph 13(c) requires Named the Survey of Inmates in State
mechanical, or other technological
the Settling Generator/Transporter and Federal Correctional Facilities)
collection techniques or other forms
Defendants to submit a plan to address AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, of information technology, e.g.,
the problem. Department of Justice. permitting electronic submission of
The publication of this notice opens ACTION: 30-day notice. responses.
a period for public comment on the Overview of This Information
Stipulation and Proposed Order. SUMMARY: The Department of Justice
(DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Collection
Comments should be addressed to the
Bureau of Justice Statistics, will be (1) Type of Information Collection:
Assistant Attorney General,
submitting the following information Reinstatement, with change, of a
Environment and Natural Resources collection request to the Office of previously approved collection for
Division, and should refer to United Management and Budget (OMB) for which approval has expired.
States of America v. Elsa Morgan- review and approval in accordance with (2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Skinner, et al, D.J. Ref. No. 90–11–3– the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Survey of Prison Inmates, 2015–2016
1620. This proposed information collection (formerly named the Survey of Inmates
All comments must be submitted no was previously published in the Federal in State and Federal Facilities).
later than thirty (30) days after the Register at 80 FR 9749, February 24, (3) Agency form number, if any, and
publication date of this notice. 2015, allowing for a 60 day comment the applicable component of the
Comments may be submitted either by period. Department of Justice sponsoring the
email or by mail: DATES: Comments are encouraged and
collection: The form number of the
will be accepted for an additional 30 questionnaire is NPS–25. The applicable
To submit days until June 8, 2015. component within the Department of
Send them to: Justice is the Bureau of Justice Statistics
comments:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
(Corrections Unit), in the Office of
By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@
you have additional comments Justice Programs.
usdoj.gov. especially on the estimated public (4) Affected public who will be asked
By mail ......... Assistant Attorney General, burden or associated response time, or required to respond, as well as a brief
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. suggestions, or need a copy of the abstract: Primary: Individuals. Others:
Box 7611, Washington, DC proposed information collection State government and Federal
20044–7611. instrument with instructions or government. Affected public are prison
additional information, please contact inmates age 18 or older held in adult
During the public comment period, Lauren Glaze, Statistician, Bureau of state or federal correctional facilities
the Stipulation and Proposed Order may Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street and the adult state and federal
be examined and downloaded at this NW., Washington, DC 20531 (email: correctional facilities. The purposes of
Justice Department Web site: http:// Lauren.Glaze@usdoj.gov; telephone: this omnibus survey are to generate
www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_ 202–305–9628). Written comments and/ reliable, nationally-representative
or suggestions can also be directed to estimates of the characteristics of
Decrees.html. We will provide a paper
the Office of Management and Budget, prisoners in the United States, track
copy of the Stipulation and Proposed
Office of Information and Regulatory changes in the characteristics of
Order upon written request and Affairs, Attention Department of Justice
payment of reproduction costs. Please prisoners over time, conduct studies of
Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20530 or special populations of prisoners, and
mail your request and payment to: sent to OIRA_submissions@
Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ— identify policy-relevant changes in the
omb.eop.gov. prison population. The survey will also
ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written be used to produce subnational
20044–7611.
comments and suggestions from the estimates of prisoners within
Please enclose a check or money order public and affected agencies concerning jurisdictions that have the largest prison
for $1.50 (25 cents per page the proposed collection of information populations (i.e. 100,000 or more) in the
reproduction cost) payable to the United are encouraged. Your comments should nation. The 2015–2016 SPI survey
States Treasury. address one or more of the following builds upon prior surveys and is
four points: organized around the concepts of harm,
Randall M. Stone,
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—Evaluate whether the proposed risk, and reentry. Specifically, the harms
Acting Assistant Section Chief, that prisoners have perpetrated on
collection of information is necessary
Environmental Enforcement Section,
for the proper performance of the society as measured by the severity of
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
functions of the Bureau of Justice the offense, the incident characteristics
[FR Doc. 2015–10955 Filed 5–6–15; 8:45 am]
Statistics, including whether the of the offense and criminal history; the
BILLING CODE 4410–15–P
information will have practical utility; risk they pose for recidivism as
—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s measured by harm elements and
estimate of the burden of the additional risk factors such as ties to the
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community and mainstream institutions Federal Bureau of Prisoners will provide Procedure: On June 8–9, 2015, the
of social integration, such as pre-prison post-survey follow-up information at meeting is open to the public. Interested
employment within the labor market; 0.25 hours per jurisdiction for a total of persons may present data, information,
their challenges and expectations for 13 hours. The SPI national study will or views, orally or in writing, on issues
reentry back into the community as result in an expected maximum burden pending before the committee. Oral
measured by SPI through the extent of of approximately 50,021 hours. presentations from the public will be
substance abuse, mental health, and (6) An estimate of the total public scheduled between approximately 11:15
medical problems of prisoners, burden (in hours) associated with the a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. and 4:15
treatment they may have received for collection: The estimated total public p.m. on June 8, 2015 and between 11:15
problems, programs in which they burden is 50,112 annual hours. a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on June 9, 2015.
participated while in prison, and their If additional information is required Time allotted for each presentation may
motivation (i.e., intrinsic or extrinsic) to contact: Jerri Murray, Department be limited. Those desiring to make
participate in programs. Clearance Officer, United States formal oral presentations should notify
In addition to collecting the survey Department of Justice, Justice the contact person and submit a brief
data, in an effort to minimize burden on Management Division, Policy and statement of the general nature of the
facilities and inmates and to conduct Planning Staff, Two Constitution evidence or arguments they wish to
future studies, inmates will be asked to Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405B, present, the names and addresses of
provide consent to link their 2015–2016 Washington, DC 20530. proposed participants, and an
SPI survey data to their criminal history indication of the approximate time
Dated: May 4, 2015.
records and any updates made to those requested to make their presentation on
Jerri Murray,
records over the next 10 years. The or before May 27, 2015.
administrative records will be used to Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice. General Information: NIC welcomes
augment the survey data and to conduct the attendance of the public at its
prospective recidivism studies of the [FR Doc. 2015–11005 Filed 5–6–15; 8:45 am]
advisory committee meetings and will
2015–2016 SPI sample of inmates who BILLING CODE 4410–18–P
make every effort to accommodate
are released from prison within three to persons with physical disabilities or
five years of completion of the survey. special needs. If you require special
Inmates will also be asked to provide DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
accommodations due to a disability,
their Social Security number (SSN) to please contact Shaina Vanek at least 7
National Institute of Corrections
link their survey data to records from days in advance of the meeting. Notice
the Social Security Administration Advisory Board; Notice of Meeting of this meeting is given under the
(SSA). The goal of this effort is to Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
provide more detailed information This notice announces a forthcoming
U.S.C. app. 2).
about the pre-prison earnings and meeting of the National Institute of
benefits of inmates without taking up Corrections (NIC) Advisory Board. The Jim Cosby,
more of their time during the interview. meeting will be open to the public. Director, National Institute of Corrections.
(5) An estimate of the total number of Name of the Committee: NIC [FR Doc. 2015–10584 Filed 5–6–15; 8:45 am]
respondents and the amount of time Advisory Board. BILLING CODE 4410–36–M
estimated for an average respondent to General Function of the Committee:
respond: The 2015–2016 SPI consists of To aid the National Institute of
a pretest and a national study. The goal Corrections in developing long-range
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
of the pretest is to test the functionality plans, advise on program development,
of the Computer Assisted Personal and to support NIC ’s efforts in the areas Proposal Review Panel for Computing
Interviewing (CAPI) instrument prior to of training, technical assistance, and Communication Foundations
fielding it on a national scale. The information services, and policy/ Notice of Meeting
pretest will include one state and one program development assistance to
federal correctional facility providing a Federal, state, and local corrections In accordance with the Federal
roster of inmates at 0.5 hours per facility agencies. Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
for a total of 1 hour; prison staff Date and Time: 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. on 463, as amended), the National Science
escorting 60 inmates to and from Monday, June 8, 2015; 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Foundation announces the following
interview sites at 0.5 hours per inmate on Tuesday, June 9, 2015. meeting:
for a total of 30 hours; and 60 inmates Location: National Institute of Name: Proposal Panel Review for
responding to the questionnaire at 1.00 Corrections, 11900 E Cornell Ave., Unit Science and Technology Centers—
hours per interview for a total of 60 C, Aurora, CO 80014, (202) 514–4222. Integrative Partnerships (#1192) Site
hours. The pretest will result in a total Contact Person: Shaina Vanek, Visit
expected burden of approximately 91 Executive Assistant, National Institute Date/Time: June 1, 2015 6:30 p.m.–
hours. For the SPI national study, a of Corrections, 320 First Street NW., 8:30 p.m.; June 2, 2015 8:00 a.m.–8:00
maximum of 416 state and federal Room 5002, Washington, DC 20534. To p.m.; June 3, 2015 8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
correctional facilities will provide a contact Ms. Vanek, please call (202) Place: Massachusetts Institute of
roster of inmates at 0.5 hours per facility 514–4222. Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA
for a total of 208 hours; prison staff will Agenda: On June 8–9, 2015, the 02139.
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escort a maximum of 33,200 inmates to Advisory Board will hear updates on the Type Of Meeting: Partial Closed.
and from interview sites at 0.5 hours per following topics: (1) Agency Report Contact Person: John Cozzens,
inmate for a total of 16,600 hours; a from the NIC Director, (2) a briefing National Science Foundation, 4201
maximum of 33,200 inmates will from NIC Academy Division on current Wilson Boulevard, Room 1115,
respond to the questionnaire at 1.00 activities and future goals, (3) an update Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703)
hours per interview for a total of 33,200 from the Advisory Board’s Staff 292–8910.
hours; and a maximum of 50 state Wellness Subcommittee, and (4) partner Purpose Of Meeting: To assess the
departments of corrections and the agency updates. progress of the STC Award: 1231216 ‘‘A
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| Contact | If you have additional 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 Lauren Glaze, Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW., Washington, DC 20531 (email: [email protected]; telephone: 202-305-9628). Written comments and/or suggestions can also be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20530 or sent to [email protected] | |
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