As part of the Inspired Economist’s plan to create 25 million new green jobs within 3-5 years, and to reduce the government deficit by $100 billion, Ramsay Mameesh propses cutting the prison population by 1/2.

How could we safely and responsibly do that?

If at risk populations (such as returning Vets or urban youth) and current inmates are psychologically rehabilitated and have a realistic plan and career purpose.

This could be accomplished by CBT methods pioneered at UCSF and Stanford, and could be administered by automated computer systems, without expensive one-to-one therapist and other expensive consumables. What a great problem to try to tackle!