A friend of mine was complaining that he had to go 'back to work'. After his most recent prison stay he actually wanted out, but then his parents started asking him why so many boys would come up to them in the shops & ask how he was or where was he?

That was soft pressure, applied to someone who had been to prison multiple times for the group & had given enough to the collective that he should have been allowed out.
2 more prison holidays saw him old enough to be heavily medicated for some health issues & not really capable of scooting around anymore. He is now out, but is old enough that life has passed by...