The rough and ready aspects of the matter are considered by people who ask why the perpetrator of a crime should be allowed to avail of a training unit, receive job opportunities or attend a more open prison. Such provisions are inherent in the Bill before the House – that is life. We have to equate the steps we take as a society with the purpose of releasing a prisoner so that he or she can avail of certain opportunities. The purpose of the provisions we are putting in place is to ensure that prisoners are better able to reclaim a place in society when they leave prison. The person being released should be helped to form new relationships, for example, or to restart old relationships if they existed. It is important that they are able to accustom themselves to life on the outside. The days of heavy gates being opened and a blinking prisoner saying "this is the first time I have been on the outside for 20 years" are gone. Such scenes are found only in films and are not in line with the way life works.