UK rules terms 'convict' and 'ex-con' to be 'offensive'
British prison officers have been ordered to stop using offensive words like 'convict' and 'ex-con' to address current and former inmates Read Full Article at RT.com
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British prison officers have been ordered to stop using offensive words like 'convict' and 'ex-con' to address current and former inmates Read Full Article at RT.com
Welcome to Porridge, 2023-style. According to the woke bureaucrats at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) criminals must no longer be called 'convicts'.
Civil servants at the Prison Service headquarters have also instructed warders to drop the phrase 'ex-con' for former prisoners - and refer to them as 'persons with lived experience' or 'prison leavers'.
Replacing Christina Bova who left QMS for a New York position.
Eighteen female prison officers had relationships with inmates at one liberal jail over a six-year period, new figures show.