THE TWO PRINCIPLE VARIABLES CONSIDERED IN THIS STUDY ARE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY AND POST-FURLOUGH SUCCESS. EACH WAS ANALYZED AS A FUNCTION OF SEX, RACE, AGE, OFFENSE, NUMBER OF PRIOR COMMITMENTS, AND RELEASE YEAR. THE ANALYSIS USING AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY (ALS) AS THE DEPENDENT VARIABLE RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP WITH ONLY ONE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE - SEX. IT WAS FOUND THAT MALES WERE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A SHORTER ALS THAN FEMALES. IT WAS ALSO FOUND THAT 1973 RELEASES HAD A MUCH LOWER RECIDIVISM RATE THAN 1972 RELEASES AND THAT FEMALES RELEASED IN 1973 HAD A HIGHER SUCCESS RATE THAN THOSE RELEASED IN 1972. THESE FINDINGS WERE ATTRIBUTED TO THE SHORTER FOLLOW-UP PERIOD AND INCREASED PROPORTION OF FEMALE RELEASEES FOR 1973...EB