According to a March 2009 survey by the Ministry of Justice, 80,192 inmates were released from prison in 2007 and 2008, among them 5,411 who had received skills training related to these self-run enterprises.
根據法務部 2009 年 3 月的調查，2007 及 2008 年共有 8 萬 192 名受刑人出監，其中曾參與技能訓練或自營作業者為 5,411 人，但這群曾被寄予厚望的受刑人，出監後的再犯率仍高達 23.8 %，相較於整體受刑人 25.5 % 的再犯率，並無顯著差異。