The National Prison Rape Statistics
Program (NPRSP) is a collection mandated by Congress in the Prison
Rape Elimination Act of 2003. The Survey on Sexual Victimization
(SSV, formerly Survey of Sexual Violence), one part of the NPRSP,
is the only national data collection for administrative information
on sexual assaults within correctional facilities, characteristics
of the victims and perpetrators, circumstances surrounding the
incidents, and how incidents are reported, tracked, and
adjudicated.
The respondent burden increased
from 922 to 1,353 to account for 257 additional respondents (from
130 private/special adult facilities to 187) and a revised estimate
for completing each incident form (from 15 minutes to 30 minutes
per incident). The increase in number of respondents will provide
greater precision for annual estimates of the number of allegations
and substantiated incidents from privately operated adult
facilities and locally or privately operated juvenile facilities.
The revised estimate for completing each incident form will better
reflect the actual time respondents spend to provide detailed data
on 39 items for each substantiated incident.
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.