Incarcerating people for addictions is inhumane. Y ou should also be aware that the macroeconomic measurement of production is very poor and often counterintuitive. These effects have been known for some time and are too often ignored. This makes it impossible to improve clerical productivity by any technique. It will always take an hour to work an hour.
Clerical work includes much more than secretarial work.
Finance, science, engineering, medicine and similar service tasks are measured this way. The impact of computers on this section of the economy cannot be assessed using current measurements. The unit of production for shipping is often the ton-mile. Computers often enhance shipping productivity by eliminating redundant shipments, creating more efficient least-distance routing, etc. This reduces ton-miles.