They don't want him to go out. He's been in jail for more than 20 years now and the maximum rule is to keep him inside a cell.
VOA: standard.2010.07.07
Every terror convict who's beentojail has been seen as a hero by certain aspects of their community, and while they may not commit another terror act, they will attract what are known as "clean skins" -- people who have no past terror convictions.
If I'm a business owner, and I'm saying to myself, right now the unemployment rate is 10 percent, so there are a whole lot of folks who have never beentojail who are looking for a job -- it's hard for me to say, I'll choose the guy who went tojail instead of the person who never went tojail and has been laid off.