I don't quite see how your comment relates to mine.
I just offered you a scenario where you can exercise compassion and make a lot of money at the same time. But you would have to shoulder responsibility. Would you do it?
If I were the inmate, I would most likely accept "early release" to a would-be reformer. I would happily sleep on the guy's floor to get out of even a minimum security prison.
I see a number of advantages for me. Not least, I have someone who really, really wants me to succeed on the outside.
But you haven't yet told me what you'd do, either as inmate or prospective reformer.
An impossible scenario? You could never be a criminal, so measuring the outcome need not take into account the prisoner's stake?