I know this is a time-worn analogy, so forgive me, but think of the corrections system as a great big balloon that is squeezed in one place but pops up someplace else. We can transfer funds. The more we rely on incarceration, the more expensive things become, particularly the more we rely on incarceration with the particular demographics we have, which are those of an increasingly aging population and a significantly ill population. If you find alternatives for those people in the community, you're going to save money.
You're going to save money through decarceration. You're going to save money by accessing health care through the health system instead of through the criminal justice system. You're going to save money by allowing patients who are palliative to die in their home communities, in centres that are designed for that, or at home.
These are realities in federal corrections today. When we say “reallocate”, it really is a matter of recognizing that if you keep on doing things the way you are, you're going to spend the most money. You can save money by doing things differently and increasing access to the community for a variety of very low-risk offenders.