Through the National Prisoner
Statistics Program (NPS), BJS collects annual aggregate counts of
prison inmates in the custody and under the jurisdiction of state
and federal prisons, as well as the number of inmates admitted to
or released from prison. BJS uses the NPS to report each year on
the changes to and movement through state and federal prison
systems by sentenced offenders. These statistics are part of BJS's
core corrections statistics, as they contribute fundamentally to
BJS's mission of describing movements of offenders through the
criminal justice system.
US Code:
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USC 3732 Name of Law: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968
The change in burden from the
previous clearance application is due solely to the addition of
burden estimates for the 5 U.S. territories and commonwealths to
submit the NPS-1B(T).
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.