The Department of Justice (DOJ), specifically the Bureau of Justice Statistics, is seeking public comments on a new information collection related to the National Prisoner Statistics Program and its Coronavirus Pandemic Supplement. This survey will collect data from state departments of correction and the Federal Bureau of Prisons regarding their response to COVID-19, including information on COVID-19 cases, testing, vaccinations, and policies within prisons. The DOJ is encouraging public input to ensure that the survey is necessary, accurate, and easy to complete, and estimates that the survey will take respondents an average of 2.5 hours.
Simple Explanation
The U.S. government wants to learn about how prisons have been handling the COVID-19 pandemic, so they're asking prisons to fill out a survey about things like cases and vaccines. They're looking for feedback to make sure the survey is easy to do and helps them understand how prisons are dealing with the situation.