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} | i { i] e figure reported ten years Nevertheless, “the fact One af every three ‘federal offenders commits @ new crime within two years after his release from prison, aC: cording to a new Justice De- partment survey released yesterday. ma! ; The survey concluded that ‘the rate of repeaters for fed- eral prisoners is about the. ; ame or slightly less than that it’s stayed the same or - little better orm Carlson, * sirector of the Bu- requ of Prisons._ orPrisons. Carlson said “Carlson said federal pris- ” ons are getting @ much high- er proportion of so-called high-risk inmates more like- ly to persist in committing crimes than was the case 2 cade ago. 4 arison told reporters that werisk offenders . more of nm are being spared prison and put on probation. .- Attorney General William B. Saxbe eaid:the survey, which covered 1800 in- mates released in 1970, was the first major recidivism — or. criminal repeaters — stutly of the federal popula- tion in ten years.. — ‘The last survey reported the recidivism rate at 35 per cent while the new one: said ; tt is about 33 per cent. Carlson said 11 per cent of inmates involved in the ear- Lier study had been convict- ed of such serious crimes a8 murder, kidnaping and drug trafficking, but 15 per cent ‘of the 1970 inmates were convicted of serioits offen: ’ ses. - Carison said he suspects that an inmate’s inability to get a job after his release isa key factor in whether he returns to crime. we The study showed that 3 black offenders have ahigh- er recidivism rate than “4 Sites and men a higher “2 sate than women. . Associated Présa