[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12566-12569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5706]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Bureau of Justice Statistics
[OMB Number 1121-0094]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection;
Comments Requested
ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Extension
of a Currently Approved Collection; Annual Survey of Jails.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ), 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. The proposed
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for
``thirty days'' until April 15, 2010. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
If you have 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 Todd D. Minton, Bureau of Justice
Statistics, 810 Seventh Street, NW., Washington, DC 20531 (phone: 202-
305-9630).
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 agencies' estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
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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
--Ways to 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: Revisions of a currently
approved collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: The Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ).
The collection includes the forms: Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ), which
includes the regular form and the certainty jurisdiction form; the
Survey of Large Jails (SLJ); and the Survey of Jails in Indian Country
(SJIC), which includes the regular SJIC form and an addendum.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form numbers include:
Annual Survey of Jails: This collection consists of four
forms:
[cir] CJ-5 and CJ-5A, the ASJ regular forms: These forms go to jail
jurisdictions in the ASJ sample that are not selected with certainty.
The CJ-5 form goes to jail jurisdictions operated by the county or city
and the CJ-5A goes to privately owned or operated confinement
facilities;
[cir] CJ-5D and CJ-5DA, the ASJ certainty jurisdiction forms: The
forms go to jail jurisdictions in the ASJ sample that are selected with
certainty. The CJ-5D and CJ-5DA request additional information about
the distribution of time served, staffing, and inmate misconduct that
are not requested on the CJ-5 and CJ-5A. The CJ-5D goes to
jurisdictions operated by the county or city; the CJ-5DA goes to
confinement facilities administered by two or more governments and
privately owned or operated confinement facilities.
The Survey of Large Jails (SLJ) has one form, the CJ-5C.
This form goes to confinement facilities in jail jurisdictions with an
average daily population (ADP) of 1,000 or more inmates or a rated
capacity of 1,000 beds or more.
Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC): This collection
consists of two forms, the CJ-5B (the SJIC regular form) and the CJ-5B
Addendum (a one-time addendum to the SJIC). All respondents receive
both forms.
The applicable component of the Department of Justice sponsoring
the collection is the Bureau of Justice Statistics, which is within the
Office of Justice Programs.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: The affected public that will be asked to
respond include approximately 1,000 county, city, and Tribal jail
authorities (936 respondents to the ASJ and 88 to the SJIC). As
community institutions that book an estimated 13 million inmates per
year, local jails are an integral part of the justice system, operating
at the front end (that is, following arrest or referral) as well as the
back end (discharging inmates and holding those sentenced to jail).
Their broad functions include handling inmates who are awaiting trial
or sentencing, holding inmates for other authorities, detaining inmates
with special needs such as mental health holds or alcohol
detoxifications, transferring inmates to court appearances and bringing
them back to detention, discharging inmates at the behest of the court
or other entities, and holding inmates who have been sentenced to terms
in jail. The set of collections in this package provides BJS with the
capacity to track and analyze changes in the jail inmate population
that might signal changes in the kinds of cases coming into or leaving
the criminal justice system, and to analyze how the volatility of jail
inmate populations affects the workload of jails and their capacities
to provide services. In combination with the SLJ, the ASJ provides BJS
with these capacities to study local jails nationwide. The parallel
structure of the SJIC collection (the regular form with the addendum)
provides BJS with this capacity for Indian country jails.
In its entirety, this collection is the only national effort
devoted to describing and understanding annual changes in jail
populations as well as assessing programs and capacities to provide
services. The collection enables BJS, other federal agencies, and
state, local, and Tribal corrections authorities and administrators, as
well as legislators, researchers, and jail planners to track growth in
the number of jails and their capacities nationally; as well as, track
changes in the demographics and supervision status of jail population
and the prevalence of crowding. Information collected in the certainty
jurisdiction form and survey addendums provide critical data on jail
population movements and inmate mental and medical health services and
other programs available to confined inmates.
The forms and information content for this collection are outlined
next in the following order: First, the components of the Annual Survey
of Jails (ASJ), which include the CJ-5, CJ-5A, CJ-5D, and CJ-5DA.
Second, the Survey of Large Jails (SLJ), which is a one-time survey of
large jails to obtain supplementary information about jail programs,
which are described in the CJ-5C. Third, the Survey of Jails in Indian
Country (SJIC), which has a regular form to be administered annually
(CJ-5B) and a one-time addendum on programs and practices (CJ-5B
Addendum).
The two components of the Annual Survey of Jails include the CJ-5/
5A and CJ-5D/5DA forms. The CJ-5/5A forms are to be administered to ASJ
sample elements that are selected with a probability of less than 1.
The CJ-5D/5DA forms are to be administered to ASJ sample elements
selected with certainty.
CJ-5 and CJ-5A
For these forms, 561 respondents from sampled county and city jails
will be asked to provide information for the following categories:
(a) At midyear (last weekday in the month of June), the number of
inmates confined in jail facilities including; male and female adult
and juvenile inmates; persons under age 18 held as adults; race
categories; held for Federal authorities, State prison authorities and
other local jail jurisdictions.
(b) At midyear, the number of convicted inmates that are
unsentenced or sentenced and the number of unconvicted inmates awaiting
trial/arraignment, or transfers/holds for other authorities. The
breakout into sentenced and unsentenced inmates is newly proposed for
this collection.
(c) At midyear, the number of persons under jail supervision who
were not U.S. citizens.
(d) Whether the jail facilities has a weekend incarceration program
prior to midyear and the number of inmates participating.
(e) The number of new admissions into and final discharges from
jail facilities during the last week in June.
(f) The date and count for the greatest number of confined inmates
during the 30-day period in June.
(g) The average daily population of jail facilities from July 1 of
the previous year to June 30 of the current collection year.
(h) Jail capacity, measured three ways: rated capacity, operating
capacity, and design capacity. The information on
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operating and design capacities are newly proposed for this collection.
(i) At midyear, the number of persons under jail supervision but
not confined (e.g., electronic monitoring, day reporting, etc.)
CJ-5D and CJ-5DA
These forms will be administered to the certainty jurisdictions in
the ASJ sample; in addition to the information collected in the regular
ASJ forms (the CJ-5/5A), the 373 respondents that are included with
certainty in the ASJ sample survey will be asked to provide additional
information on the flow of inmates going through jails and the
distribution of time served, staff characteristics and assaults on
staff resulting in death, and inmate misconduct. More specifically,
these include:
(a) The distribution of time served by inmates discharged during
the final week of June, broken out by whether the inmates were
convicted or unconvicted.
(b) At midyear, the number of correctional officers and other staff
employed by jail facilities;
(c) From July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current
collection year: the number of inmate-inflicted physical assaults (and
counts) on correctional officers and other staff and the number of
staff deaths as a result.
(d) From July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current
collection year: the number of inmates, by category, who were written
up or found guilty of a rule violation.
The Survey of Large Jails (SLJ), form CJ-5C, is conceived of as a
one-time collection to be administered in 2011, pending final OMB
approval. The survey complements the ASJ by collecting detailed data
from large jail jurisdictions (those housing an average of 1,000 or
more inmates or a rated capacity of 1,000 beds or more) on mental
health, medical, and substance abuse treatment services.
CJ-5C (SLJ)
Information on mental and medical health and substance abuse
treatment services issues will be requested. Based upon the SLJ
administered in 2004, the following categories of information will be
requested. However, BJS is currently undertaking efforts to revise this
form to capture more detailed information on the processes used by
jails to screen and treat offenders. This effort is integrated into a
project that BJS has with the National Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS). As part of the NCHS project, BJS and NCHS are convening
meetings of experts to provide facts and information related to
measuring services in jails, and based on the information obtained from
these meetings, BJS will revise the SLJ form and submit to OMB a
separate package for clearance of this form.
Mental Health Treatment and Services
(a) During the 31-day period in (month of the reference year of
administration), the number of new admissions to the jail facility that
are male and female, adult and juvenile inmates;
(b) Whether the jail facility conducts mental health screening at
intake, the type(s) of screening instruments, and when does the
screening process occur (e.g., within 24 hours of booking, in an
emergency or crisis situation, etc.);
(c) Who conducts the mental health screening (e.g., correctional
staff, mental health professional, etc.);
(d) During the 31-day period in (month), the number of persons with
new admissions to the jail facility that were screened at intake for
mental health disorders or emotional problems and the number determined
to have major depressive symptoms, major manic symptoms, major
psychotic symptoms;
(e) What services to inmates are provided when the intake screening
reveals a mental health disorder (e.g., referral for further testing/
assessment, contacted a mental health professional, moved to a special
housing facility and under special observation, etc.);
(f) During the 31-day period in (month), the number of inmates who
received mental health treatment and the type(s) of treatment;
(g) Designated area with beds allocated under the authority of a
physician with mental health services and 24 hour nursing coverage. How
many beds are for inmates and the number of beds occupied;
(h) Jail facility discharge plan for inmates who needed mental
health care. Who provides this service linkage? What agencies
administer this service? What agency pays for this service?
Substance Abuse Treatment and Services and Other Programs
(i) Whether the jail facility conducts medical detoxification on
confined persons and the number of persons who were being detoxified;
(j) During the 31-day period in (month), the number of persons with
new admissions to the jail facility that:
(1) Were tested for the use of drugs at intake and how many tested
positive;
(2) Participated in counseling or special programs (e.g., drug/
alcohol counseling/awareness, domestic violence counseling, etc.);
(3) Participated in an education program (e.g., basic adult
education (ABE), GED program, and college level classes, etc.).
The Survey of Jails in Indian Country consists of two forms, the
annual survey form (CJ-5B) and a one-time addendum on programs and
services (CJ-5B Addendum).
CJ-5B
Respondents from Indian country correctional facilities operated by
tribal authorities or the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) (currently
there are 85) will be asked to provide information for the following
categories:
(a) At midyear (last weekday in the month of June), the number of
inmates confined in jail facilities including; male and female adult
and juvenile inmates; persons under age 18 held as adults; convicted
and unconvicted males and females; persons held for a felony,
misdemeanor; their most serious offense (e.g., domestic violence
offense, aggravated or simple assault, driving while intoxicated, etc.)
(b) The average daily population during the 30-day period in June;
(c) The date and count for the greatest number of confined inmates
during the 30-day period in June;
(d) The number of new admissions into and final discharges during
the month of June;
(e) From July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current
collection year: the number of inmate deaths while confined and the
number of deaths attributed to suicide and the number of confined
inmates that attempted suicide;
(f) At midyear, the total rated capacity of jail facilities;
(g) At midyear, the inmate housing characteristics and the number
held (e.g., single occupied cells or rooms, multiple occupied units
originally designed for single occupancy; multiple occupied units
designed for multiple occupancy, temporary holding areas, etc.)
(h) At midyear, whether or not the jail facility was under a
Tribal, State, or Federal court order or consent decree to limit the
number of persons it can house (and the count), and/or for conditions
of confinement;
(i) At midyear, the number of male and female correctional staff
employed by the facility and their occupation (e.g., administration,
jail operations, educational staff, etc.)
(q) At midyear, how many jail operations employees had received the
basic detention officer certification and how many had received 40
hours of in-service training;
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(r) From July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current
collection year: how many jail operation employees did the facility
hire for employment; how many jail operation employees were separated
from employment in the facility;
(s) At midyear, how many specific jail operation employee positions
were vacant.
CJ-5B Addendum (SJIC)
This is to be a one-time collection between 2010 and 2012 will be
administered to 85 respondents. Information for the following
categories will be requested:
(a) How does the facility provide medical health services to
inmates (e.g., on-site staff physicians, IHS, off-site medical
services, etc.);
(b) At midyear, whether the jail facilities detoxify confined
persons (and count) from drugs or alcohol;
(c) Policy for testing inmates for Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B and C,
and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that causes AIDS (e.g., at
admission, at regular intervals, random sample, indication of need,
etc.);
(d) How does the facility provide mental health services to inmates
(e.g., screen inmates at intake, 24-hour mental health care; counseling
by a trained mental health professional, monitor the use of
psychotropic medications, assist released inmates to obtain community
mental health services, etc.);
(e) Types of specific suicide prevention procedures (e.g.,
assessment of risk at intake, special inmate counseling or psychiatric
services, monitoring of high risk inmates; suicide, etc.);
(a) From July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current
collection year, whether facility has inmate work assignments and the
types of assignments;
(b) From July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current
collection year, counseling or special programs available to confined
persons either on or off facility grounds (e.g., drug/alcohol
counseling/awareness, domestic violence counseling, etc.);
(c) From July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the current
collection year, educational programs available to confined persons
either on or off facility grounds.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Six hundred and
forty-six respondents each taking an average 75 minutes to respond for
collection forms CJ-5 and CJ-5A, and CJ-5B. Three hundred and seventy-
three respondents each taking 120 minutes to respond for collection
forms CJ-5D and CJ-5DA. Eighty-five respondents each taking an average
of 30 minutes to respond for collection form CJ-5B Addendum. Two
hundred and ten respondents each taking an average of 4 hours to
respond for collection form CJ-5C.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: There are an estimated 2,436 total burden hours
associated with this collection.
If additional information is required contact: Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Patrick Henry
Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: March 11, 2010.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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