lawrence leiser, your reaction? guest: there is not a lot of accuracy in these reports that the state systems do it better system. federal we prosecute different kinds of crimes than the states prosecute, a different kind of instances. many we found out through research that the recidivism rate at the federal level three years out is 34% based upon re-arrest. some of these do not look at re-arrest, they look at re-conviction. they do not look at people who commit crimes in other cases or at a federal level. the statistics they used to claim that their system does better than ours is not true. is what isandard your cynicism rate -- your recidivism rate based on arrests? at three years out, 34%. some of the programs that we inmate,his is just one micro computing, plumbing apprenticeship, nutrition classes, pre-release personal health, pre-release counseling, wellnessse employment, intermediate, psychology of human behavior, job fairs, job searches. the prison does a terrific job at trying to rehabilitate our inmates a

attorneys president lawrence leiser, and be sure to watch washington journal. announcer: next come a conversation with supreme court justice clarence thomas. justice thomas joined the court in 1991. he talks about his life and career. this event was hosted by the library of congress and the supreme court fellows program. >> good afternoon, justice thomas, who is in the room downstairs, distinguished guests and colleagues. thank you for joining the law library of congress and the united states supreme court today for the 2018 supreme court fellows program annual lecture. my name is jane sanchez, and i have the honor of serving as the 25th law librarian of congress. a little bit about the library -- the law library serves as the nation's custodian of a legal and legislative collection of nearly three million items from all countries and legal systems of the world. our foreign law specialists are a diverse group of foreign-trained attorneys who provide information and analysis on over 270 jurisdictions in the world. our skilled law -- excuse me -- our skilled law

lawrence leiser, your reaction?: there is not a lot of accuracy in these reports that the state systems do it better system. federal we prosecute different kinds of crimes than the states prosecute, a different kind of instances. many we found out through research that the recidivism rate at the federal level three years out is 34% based upon re-arrest. some of these do not look at re-arrest, they look at re-conviction. they do not look at people who commit crimes in other cases or at a federal level. the statistics they used to claim that their system does better than ours is not true. is what isandard your cynicism rate -- your recidivism rate based on arrests? at three years out, 34%. some of the programs that we inmate,his is just one micro computing, plumbing apprenticeship, nutrition classes, pre-release personal health, pre-release counseling, wellnessse employment, intermediate, psychology of human behavior, job fairs, job searches. the prison does a terrific job at trying to rehabilitate our inmates and pre