Posted on 05/04/2016 4:59:14 PM PDT by mandaladon
The Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs is eschewing the terms “felon” and “convict” when officials refer to individuals convicted of crimes, opting instead for less “disparaging labels,” Assistant Attorney General Karol Mason announced Wednesday.
The Office of Justice Programs plans to substitute terminology such as “person who committed a crime” and “individual who was incarcerated” in speeches and other communications as part of an effort to remove barriers that officials say hinder progress of those who re-enter society after completing their prison sentences.
“I have come to believe that we have a responsibility to reduce not only the physical but also the psychological barriers to reintegration,” Ms. Mason wrote Wednesday in a guest post for The Washington Post. “The labels we affix to those who have served time can drain their sense of self-worth and perpetuate a cycle of crime, the very thing reentry programs are designed to prevent.”
The announcement follows a series of initiatives introduced as part of the Justice Department’s first National Reentry Week, through which law enforcement officials hope to reduce recidivism by revamping aspects of the criminal justice system.
A criminal record can prevent people from obtaining employment, housing, higher education or credit, the Justice Department noted.
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Don’t laugh...Hillary and the other P.C. commies fully intend to shut down the first amendment by labeling anything for what it really is based on their definition of “hate speech” and making law...
That is VERY funny !!!!
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So victims will be called something else too? So’s not to disparage them either?
Bureaucratic stupidity.
Tolerating that level of stupidity should be reserved exclusively for elected morons.
Allowing very retarded, ignorant "public employees" is adding injury to insult.
How many "mulligans" are these violent killers entitled to?
I notice there no mention of a distinction between "once" felons and felons responsible for multiple murders or serious injuries to others.
Yes. But dangerously so.
How long before these terms reclaim the negative connotations of "criminal" and "convict" and have to be changed to "human being who had a disagreement with the legal system" and "temporary resident of a government housing facility"?
“Law not-followers”, “crime adherents”...
I suppose we should call these people “justice involved democrats”. The citizens labeled with those negative terms are loyal voters, even long after they die, and that level of patriotism deserves recognition.
I see nothing funny there.
Freaking incredible.
Omugabe is just the latest in the series of liberal morons CREATING useless parasitic incredibly violent multigeneration criminals.
I not laughing. I'm snarling mad. You're right. This is attempt to shut us up and stop free speech.
These people need to be stopped before they irredeemably destroy this country.
Like “System Restore” The Government needs to be re-set to an earlier date.
are we gonna make it to the next election?
obama is a marxist though and though. they dont believe in elections.
I fear some bad winds coming this way.
Trump!
You and I see things the same way...it is time to kick ass and turn this country around...back to what it made us great and successful and get rid of the dead weight...
You said it all right there!
I love all you fellow patriots...keep up the fight and we can have our country back again from the “progressive” morons who damn near destroyed it until Trump became the rallying leader that basically saved the Tea Party from extinction...rally brothers, we can do this!!!
>>are we gonna make it to the next election?
obama is a marxist though and though. they dont believe in elections. I fear some bad winds coming this way.
They tried and failed to knock him out of the race using all their other players. IMO, their next avenue is to employ the same tactic used in 1963 and again in 1981.
With Reagan, they didn’t wait long, only 3 months after his inauguration, March 30, 1981. GHWB was “in position”, after having forced RR to accept him as VP.
Which brings me to the current stage.
DJT keeps expressing the need to “unify” the party. He also has said repeatedly that there are candidates, one in particular (didn’t mention name) that want to “come on board” the Trump Train.
DJT said that one specific person was a candidate who said some particularly vile things about him, but shrugged it off as “Politics, so no problem” to switch to supporting him.
The plan? They are going to try to trick DJT into believing the GOPe is buying into his Unity message, with the goal of having him name this guy as VP. Then they will be in the same position as 1963 and 1981.
Will they succeed in tricking DJT?
I’d like to laugh, considering Mr. Trump’s brilliance and street smarts, but this is too serious for that.
Instead, regular and earnest prayers are heard by God, for all things Trump.
JMHO
How about ... 1900?
I misspoke.
I should have said “Victim privilege.”
i was thinking WAY worse than your scenario.
Obummer simply refuses to accept Trump’s win and declares martial law for some made up reason
he’s a narcissistic liar and monster.
Hopefully President Trump will put the skids to that idiotic idea. The are “Felons” and “Convicts” and all the politically correct bull shit doesn’t change that one bit.
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