He doesn't seem to think it's too likely that they'll get away with that - the other corrections corporations aren't going to like being driven out of business and will make trouble for them if they try to use that blatant of a loophole. Also in a practical sense that's not such a great idea; if they stick to being a minimum security prison, it might work out, but if they're going to try to shut down all the prisons they're going to end up dealing with some scarily violent people.

Elves are stronger than humans and have better senses and there are no weapons in Valinor.

Quite a few of the scary sort know how to make weapons, or have friends who aren't in prison who would sneak them some. And that doesn't stop them from attacking their fellow humans if they can get them alone.

...fair enough. Lórien could have a fence put around it, that'd work fine. It might be hard to get a sufficiently pretty fence.

That seems unlikely to be sufficient. What exactly is Lórien, though?

Lórien is a magic garden that is designed such that its environs are always what is maximally restful and soothing to the people present! For example, if someone is unlikely to interact productively with others, they can wander all day and not find any, while if it'll be good for them to meet someone they'll run right into them. You can also alter it to your will - freezing the river into an ice skating rink, changing the weather, things like that.

...might work. Or it might be exploitable somehow; they should hire a security expert to look into it.

They can't do that, they don't have any money! But they'd be happy to take advice!

They're definitely going to need money; they're also going to have to do things like pay people to come look at what they have when they've set it up and confirm that they'll be able to follow all the rules. They might be able to get enough donations to cover it - he'll have someone look into that, too - but it'll definitely go faster if they can find some way of contributing.

They'll ask the princesses about that, too.

Okay. He's having a copy of the rules about what prisons have to be like sent to them, it'll be there tomorrow; do they have any other questions?

Lots, but not very well organized. Uh. What should they know? In general?

This is going to be a pretty huge project - the work of the rest of his lifetime, probably, if it gets any real traction - and it's not going to move very quickly at first; they'll have plenty of time to ask him questions as they come up. He does suggest spending more time around humans, definitely watching the news and maybe traveling the continent if they have a way to do that; Elves seem very different and it'd be a good idea for them to have an idea of what humans are like before they invite a bunch of them to come live with them.

That sounds good! They'd love to stay here and travel!

Good! If their current hosts can't put them up, the movement might be able to find some other people who can. And if they're going to travel they'll need identification - paperwork from the government saying who they are and that they're allowed to be there - and ideally a guide of some sort; he'll start looking into what they'll need to do for the identification.

Okay.

Anything else?

Not that they can think of! They've had a lovely time on Earth.

Good! He'll get to work now, then.

When will they hear from him next?

Probably in two weeks; he has contact information for the people they're staying with and will get in touch through them when he's gotten the things they talked about taken care of. They should try to get their own email address in the meantime, though; their hosts can help with that.

That sounds good. They can also go back to Valinor if it gets inconvenient having them here.

Is there a way to get in touch with them if they do that?

None has been arranged yet, but they could plan to come back every day, or something.

That likely works. They should talk it over with their hosts and let him know what they come up with.