The point is I'm saying that we know wardens are facing these pressures; the service is facing these pressures. In that regard, making a decision on a first- or a second-degree murderer's ETA is one pressure we feel this bill takes away from them, that it won't be there. I'm not saying that a warden has made this decision because of that, but that he faces all those pressures in his decision-making. It's something he must balance in a lot of decisions. Population management, period, is a big one. Certainly, cascading an inmate down and getting him reintegrated into society is the service's number one goal.
On March 27th, 2014. See this statement in context.