There is speculation that since the introduction of conditional sentences in the Criminal Code, the types of individuals that would have come into the federal system years ago and occupied the minimum-security beds are the types of individuals who now are getting a conditional sentence or some sentence other than the federal term.
At this point in time, that's just speculation. One of the things we discuss when the provincial, territorial, and federal heads of corrections get together is how the various pieces of legislation and changes to the Criminal Code have had an impact on populations at all three jurisdiction levels.