# 2026-22816: Justice Brings Back Its Prison-Rape Compliance Feedback Form

2026-22816, Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection; eComments Requested; Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Collection; Title: National Standards To Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape Feedback Package, is a Federal Register notice from Justice Department published 2026-11-09, effective Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until January 8, 2027. (as of 2026-11-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22816
- As of: 2026-11-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-22816
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection; eComments Requested; Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Collection; Title: National Standards To Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape Feedback Package
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Justice Department
- Citation: 91 FR 70905
- Published: 2026-11-09
- Effective: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until January 8, 2027.
- Comments close: 2027-01-08
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-11

## In one line

Justice Brings Back Its Prison-Rape Compliance Feedback Form

## Summary

The Department of Justice is bringing back a form that helps check if jails and prisons are following rules to stop prison rape. This affects federal, state, and tribal facilities, which will submit info for audits. You’ve got until January 8, 2027, to share your thoughts, and the process aims to be easier with electronic submissions—saving time and effort!

## Abstract

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice (BJA), Department of Justice (DOJ), will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

## Effects PRIA read

- Facilities must submit PREA audit information: cost, low. Federal, State, and Tribal confinement facilities are expected to submit information through the PREA Online Audit System once every three years. The DOJ estimates 13,000 respondents (one PREA Coordinator per facility), about 8 hours per respondent, and a total estimated annual time burden of 104,0…
- Electronic submissions allowed to reduce burden: benefit, low. The collection explicitly permits electronic, automated, or other technological submission methods (e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses) to minimize respondent burden and speed the process.
- Helps agencies demonstrate PREA compliance and certification: benefit, medium. Information collected through the PREA OAS is used by DOJ-certified PREA auditors to assess compliance, generate standardized audit reports, document corrective actions, and assist states, territories, and the District of Columbia in meeting statutory certification requirements associated with PREA…
- Responding to the collection is voluntary: benefit, low. The notice states the obligation to respond is voluntary for the affected public (federal, state, and tribal).

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## Sources
- [2026-22816 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/09/2026-22816/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-ecollection-ecomments-requested-reinstatement-of-a)
- [2026-22816 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-11-09/pdf/2026-22816.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22816 (as of 2026-11-11).