Yeh...but we are all paying for that train even though we aren't using it.
Is it appropriate to mention here the appalling lack of public transport services for most of us who reside in rural Victoria outside of the marginal seats?
I doubt the "tough on crime" brigade will ever be convinced of the futility of imprisoning the majority of offenders by arguments around better outcomes, but some of them might just understand a cost-efficiency one. The citizens of California finally came to that conclusion after their prisons nearly bankrupted them.
Kaz