An offender facing release is facing many barriers and many challenges in the community and one of those challenges is often accumulated debt. I think any good reintegration plan has to take that into account and any good correctional scheme should also be cautious in adding to that debt or burden.
I don't think I could make an across-the-board statement and say this would be hurtful in all cases or that this would be helpful in all cases, but it's quite common for offenders coming out of prison to be facing both employment barriers and debt issues. We would have to take that reality into account if we were going to change the way that offenders who win a monetary award—in other words those who have been deserving of a claim—have that award disbursed to them.