Investing in the stock system.

There isn’t an abundance of jobs in the country right now, but the Federal Bureau of Prisons is hiring. The department’s website lists numerous positions available in a system that incarcerates millions and employs tens of thousands. Included on the site are informational videos that explain what it takes to work in chaplaincy or food services.

At some point and soon, we need to rethink our entire penal system. What are the systemic problems leading to our being the nation with the highest per-capita level of incarceration? Should we be putting anyone in prison for drug use? What type of incarceration will lead to lower rates of recidivism? We have plenty of talented minds in socioeconomics and they need to be marshaled by Washington to troubleshoot a situation that is bad for us economically and just bad for us, period. It’s a bipartisan problem and their should be a bipartisan solution.