An nonsubstantive change is being
submitted to change the name of this collection from Deaths in
Custody Reporting Program (Jails) to "Mortality in Correctional
Institutions (Jails)." No other changes to this collection are
proposed. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is requesting a
nonsubstantive change for the Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ), one of
three data collections (ASJ, DCRP annual summary form, and the
Survey of Jails in Indian Country) under OMB Control No: 1121-0094
(most recent clearance date of 01/26/2016). The change would adjust
the reference date in the ASJ from December 31 (also referred to as
yearend) to the last weekday in the month of June (also referred to
as midyear). The midyear reference date was previously used in the
ASJ between 1982 and 2014, but in an effort to reduce burden on
respondents and minimize data collection costs, BJS changed the
reference date to yearend in its most recent clearance request to
allow for ASJ to be fielded with the Deaths in Custody Reporting
Program (DCRP). In addition, BJS’s collections on persons in
prison, on probation, or on parole also utilize the yearend
reference year, so the change would bring the jail collection into
alignment with the other correctional data collections. BJS is
requesting clearance to conduct three annual jail data
collections—Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ), Survey of Jails in Indian
Country (SJIC), and the jail portion of the Deaths in Custody
Reporting Program (DCRP) for a three-year period under a single
clearance number. All three collections obtain administrative data.
Jail administrators provide data that meet the definitions provided
by BJS. Critical items on the surveys include - • The number of
inmates confined in jail facilities by sex (all three collections);
• The number of new admissions (all three collections); • The
average daily population (all three collections); • The total
number of deaths (DCRP and SJIC); • The numbers of confined male
and female juvenile inmates, persons 17 and under held as adults,
convicted and unconvicted inmates, and inmates by race/ethnicity
categories (ASJ only); • Final discharges from jail facilities (ASJ
and SJIC); • Jail rated capacity to hold inmates (ASJ and SJIC); •
Name of inmates who died in custody (DCRP only); and • Cause of
death and demographic information of the deceased (DCRP
only).
US Code:
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USC 3732 Name of Law: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street Act
of 1968
PL:
Pub.L. 103 - 322 Title II, Subtitle A Name of Law: The Violent
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Since the ASJ and DCRP will be
separate data collections for the 2017 reporting year, respondents
in the ASJ (n=938) will also receive the DCRP annual summary form
(ASF).which is automatically sent to all 3000 jails. Thus, 938
jails will be completing two forms for the 2017 data reference
year, while 2062 will only be completing one form (DCRP).
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.
Form CJ-5b Annual Jail Collection Surveys (ASJ, DCRP, SJIC)
DCRPJails_nonsubstantive_change_memo_final.docx
Appendix C Attachments A-M.pdf
Annual Jail Collection Surveys (ASJ, DCRP, SJIC)