Clearance for
the Mortality in Correctional Insitutions collection is granted for
2 years from approval date. BJS will assess the overlap and quality
of the data once BJA begins its collection of prison and jail
deaths in 2020, and the need for BJS to continue MCI, revise the
collection, or discontinue it in its entirety. This decision will
be based on an assessment of the quality and completeness of the
data collected by BJA, including whether BJA central state
respondents are able to obtain sufficient participation from local
jails on a quarterly basis.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
06/30/2021
36 Months From Approved
06/30/2019
3,050
0
3,646
3,823
0
1,723
0
0
0
The Bureau of Justice Statistics
requests a new clearance for the Mortality in Correctional
Institutions (MCI) data collection, formerly known as the Deaths in
Custody Reporting Program (DCRP). The current MCI-State Prisons
collection is approved under OMB Control Number 1121-0249, which
expires March 31, 2019. BJS proposes combining the MCI-State
Prisons collection with the MCI-Jails collection, currently
approved by OMB under control number 1121-0094 (expiration January
31, 2019). MCI collects data on prisoners and jail inmates who died
while in the physical custody of a state prison or local
jail.
US Code:
34
USC 10231 Name of Law: Confidentiality of Information
US Code: 34
USC 10132 Name of Law: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968
The total burden of hours
associated with the prison data collection is 1,898 hours, with an
average burden of 38 hours per year across the 50 state prison
respondents. This is an increase in burden from the 2016 MCI
clearance package, due to an increase in the number of deaths
reported. The total burden of hours associated with the local jail
data collection is 1,925 hours, with an average burden of 39
minutes per year across the 3,000 local jail respondents. This is
an increase in burden from the 2016 MCI-Jails clearance package
(OMB control number 1121-0094), due to an increase in the number of
deaths reported and in the number of local jail respondents who
will need to be contacted for data quality follow-up, based on
recent years’ data collections. Combined State Prison/Local Jail
Burden estimate. The total burden estimate for MCI across all 3,050
state prisons and local jails is 3,823 hours per year.
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.