Interview Script to Accompany Email to Respondents

BJS interview questions for NCRP data providers

Citizenship

1. Does your agency maintain electronic individual-level records on inmates’ U.S. citizenship status that would allow your state to populate a yes/no flag?

□Yes

□No

1. [If yes] Would your state be able to provide this information on –

	Yes	No
Prison admission records	□	□
Prison release records	□	□
Year-end prison custody records	□	□
Post-confinement community supervision admission records	□	□
Post-confinement community supervision release records	□	□

2. [If yes] If BJS were to collect this information, would BJS need to follow a new process for collecting NCRP information from your state?
   
   

3. [If yes] If BJS were to collect this information, would the collection of these data significantly add to your state’s burden?

4. [If no] Does your agency have the ability to obtain this information by linking to another agency’s database?

□Yes

□No

2. [If yes to question 1] Where do the data on inmates’ U.S. citizenship status come from [read and check all that apply]?

Inmate self-report	□
Correctional staff determination	□
Law enforcement or court documents accompanying inmate upon admission to prison	□
Verification of citizenship status using an external data source (e.g., from Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration)	□
Other	□

3. [If yes to question 1] If BJS were to ask your agency to include citizenship status in the NCRP submission, would your state be willing to provide these data?

□Yes

□No

1. [If yes to question 3] What special procedures, if any, would need to be undertaken to obtain inmate-level data on citizenship status?

2. [If no to question 3] Why is your agency unwilling or unable to include citizenship status in the NCRP submission?
   
   

Country of Birth

4. Does your agency maintain electronic individual-level records on inmates’ country of birth?

□Yes

□No

1. [If yes to question 4] Would your state be able to provide this information on –

	Yes	No
Prison admission records	□	□
Prison release records	□	□
Year-end prison custody records	□	□
Post-confinement community supervision admission records	□	□
Post-confinement community supervision release records	□	□

2. [If yes] If BJS were to collect this information, would BJS need to follow a new process for collecting NCRP information from your state?

3. [If yes] If BJS were to collect this information, would the collection of these data significantly add to your state’s burden?

4. [If no to question 4] Does your agency have the ability to obtain this information by linking to another agency’s database?

5. [If yes to question 4] Where do the data on inmates’ country of birth come from [check all that apply]?

Inmate self-report	□
Correctional staff determination	□
Law enforcement or court documents accompanying inmate upon admission to prison	□
Verification of citizenship status using an external data source (e.g., from Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration)	□
Other	□

6. [If yes to question 4] If BJS were to ask your agency to include inmates’ country of birth in the NCRP submission, would your state provide these data?

□Yes

□No

1. [If yes to question 6] What special procedures, if any, would need to be undertaken to obtain inmate-level data on country of birth?
   

2. [If no to question 6] Why is your agency unable to include citizenship status in the NCRP submission?
   

Country of Current Citizenship

7. Does your agency maintain electronic individual-level records on inmates’ country of current citizenship?

□Yes

□No

1. [If yes to question 7] Would your state be able to provide this information on –

	Yes	No
Prison admission records	□	□
Prison release records	□	□
Year-end prison custody records	□	□
Post-confinement community supervision admission records	□	□
Post-confinement community supervision release records	□	□

2. [If yes] If BJS were to collect this information, would BJS need to follow a new process for collecting NCRP information from your state?
   
   

3. [If yes] If BJS were to collect this information, would the collection of these data significantly add to your state’s burden?
   
   

4. [If no to question 7] Does your agency have the ability to obtain this information by linking to another agency’s database?
   
   

1. [If yes to question 7] Where do the data on inmates’ country of current citizenship come from [check all that apply]?

Inmate self-report	□
Correctional staff determination	□
Law enforcement or court documents accompanying inmate upon admission to prison	□
Verification of citizenship status using an external data source (e.g., from Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration)	□
Other	□

9. [If yes to question 7] If BJS were to ask your agency to include inmates’ country of birth in the NCRP submission, would your state provide these data?

□Yes

□No

1. [If yes to question 9] What special procedures, if any, would need to be undertaken to obtain inmate-level data on country of birth?
   
   

2. [If no to question 9] Why is your agency unable to include citizenship status in the NCRP submission?
   

Obtaining Administrative Data

10. If BJS were to ask your agency to include citizenship information in the NCRP submission, would this impact your state’s willingness or ability to report the rest of the NCRP data?

□ Yes

□ No