That&#x27;s quite a pessimistic view. But if you genuinely believe some will in fact commit crime again and therefore add costs to the legal system, would those costs still be more than the taxpayer cost of room and board in a prison for 2 months?<p>And if, say, 10% were repeat offenders, how does this factor into the true &quot;costs&quot; of the legal system dealing with them, vs. the 90% who saved taxes by getting released early?<p>I think you&#x27;d be surprised just how much of a tax burden keeping people in prison truly is. And I think for many crimes, the odds of one of these released inmates committing crime again is much lower than you suggest. And even if they do commit a crime, that 55 days early release is going to make much difference.