No, conditional release that we use within the Correctional Service of Canada, which includes participation in programming and other activities while they're in the community, including work activities and things like that, is an effective means of reducing new offending. The function of conditional release is to provide a gradual process of moving the offenders from the institution out into the community so that we can impact the likelihood that they will remain crime free.
Studies have shown that using conditional release, such as parole, and statutory release, which is a gradual release, reduces the likelihood that new offending will occur. What we were comparing were the two different systems. It doesn't have any better effect than anything else.