BJS encourages comments for 60 days through April 14, 2023, on the Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC). Your comments on BJS’s request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should respond to one or more of the following:
- evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of BJS, including whether the information will have practical utility
- evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information
- evaluate whether, and if so how, the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected can be enhanced
- 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.
Through the SJIC, BJS will collect data from approximately 80 Indian country correctional facilities on the number of jails and their capacities nationally, demographics, supervision status of the tribal jail population, and the prevalence of crowding.
Date Published: February 16, 2023