Justice Department program to no longer use ‘disparaging’ terms ‘felons’ and ‘convicts’

Washington Times ^ | Andrea Noble

[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.

[mandaladon]

I guess they don't want Hillary called a felon after she gets convicted...

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Can we get these people outta here?

[mandaladon]

n 2013, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter signed an executive order that required city employees to use the term “returning citizen” when referring to a person who has been released from jail or prison...........Liberals are so stupid and naive...

[Hardens Hollow]

This is satire, right?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Mustn’t use the word “victim” either.

Call them “perps” instead.

[joshua c]

They are using “1984” as a tyranny how to book.

[mandaladon]

Attorney General Loretta Lynch last week reached out to state governors to encourage them to allow prisoners to exchange prison identification cards for state-issued IDs once their sentences are completed. President Obama announced plans to prohibit federal agencies from asking applicants for government jobs about any criminal history until the final phase in the hiring process.............We need Trump to take over ASAP!!!

[sparklite2]

Okay. How about “criminals”?

[RayofHope]

Is there never an end to these politically correct slugs??

[Lizavetta]

God forbid you call people what they actually are.

/sarc

[Mears]

“The labels we affix to those who have served time can drain their sense of self-worth————”

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Good lord,we certainly don’t want that./s

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[detective]

“The Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs is eschewing the terms “felon” and “convict” when officials refer to individuals convicted of crimes”

Just call them what they are. Call them Democrats, Obama supporters, Clinton supporters or in the case of the particularly violent ones, call them Obama’s sons.

[clearcarbon]

"Justice Department program to no longer use ‘disparaging’ terms ‘felons’ and ‘convicts’"

There is no faster way of getting ‘felons’ and ‘convicts’ out of the Justice Department.

[Psalm 144]

Those are not disparaging terms. Those are status identifiers. A felon is not there on a misdemeanor. A violent offender needs to be dealt with differently than some pothead. The terms are helpful for administrative and appellate purposes.

Stupid.

[MarvinStinson]

US government also not allowed to use the term muslim terrorist.

[ImNotLying]

A “person who commits a crime” could be a jaywalker. A felon is someone who committed a felony, not “just” a crime.
Dumba$$ liberal politically correct morons.

[ought-six]

Is this a joke? If not, we need to clean house, and throw these lunatics to the curb.

[BenLurkin]

Sad but true.

[publius911]

Justice Department program to no longer use ‘disparaging’ terms ‘felons’ and ‘convicts’

It was only a matter of time.
It's confusing.

Can't tell the traditional violent criminals from the elected ones.

ps
I've been calling the old, ugly, fat, cow the unindicted felon for over a year now...

[Sasparilla]

Just wait till the Federal Courts and Prison system start using terms like these. Federal prisons will be instructed to call inmates, guests.