Bureau of Justice Statistics; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 18 (Thursday, January 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1981]


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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 Information Collection Under Review; (Reinstatement, 
with change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has 
expired) Census of Jails, Form CJ-3, CJ-3 Addendum, CJ-3A, CJ-3B.

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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 days'' until 
March 29, 1999.
    If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the 
proposed information collection instrument with instructions or 
additional information, please contact Darrell Gilliard, 202-616-3280, 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. 
Department of Justice, 810 7th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20531.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 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 function 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 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.
    Overview of this information:
    (1) Type of information collection: Reinstatement, with change, of 
a previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
    (2) The title of the form/collection: Census of Jails.
    (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: Forms CJ-3, CJ-3 Addendum, 
CJ-3A, and CJ-3B, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice 
Program, United States Department of Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Federal, County, City, and Tribal 
jail authorities. The Census of Jails is conducted every 5 to 6 years, 
obtaining information on each jail facility, admissions and releases, 
court orders, programs that offer alternatives to incarceration, amount 
charged to hold an inmate for another jurisdiction, crowding and use of 
space, staffing, and health care (including prevalence, of HIV/AIDS and 
tuberculosis). The census furnishes the sampling frame for the Survey 
of Jail Inmates and the Annual Survey of Jails. 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/reply: It is 
estimated that 3,553 respondents will complete a 1-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 Jails is 3,553 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 850, Washington Center, 1001 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC 
20530, or via facsimile at (202) 514-1534.

    Dated: January 22, 1999.
Brenda E. Dyer,
Department Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of 
Justice.
[FR Doc. 99-1981 Filed 1-27-99; 8:45 am]
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