Tuesday, March 24, 2020
UK: Criminals to be referred to as 'people subject to probation services' in prison guideline shake-up
HM Prison and Probation Service announced new terminology as part of blueprint for future of probation
Criminals will no longer be called “offenders” by the probation service under a move to “reset” the language and create an “inclusive culture.”
Instead of being known as an offender, anyone under supervision will be referred to as a “person subject to probation services”.
It will cover both criminals serving community sentences for low-level offences as well as prisoners released on licence to serve the remainder of their sentence in the community.
As part of the reform, the term “Offender Manager” will be replaced with “Probation Practitioner”, while “Offender Management” will become “Sentence Management”.
HM Prison and Probation Service announced the new terminology as part of a blueprint for the future of probation. The change reflects the fact that people on probation are expected to have stopped committing crimes.
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How very ridiculous ! ! !
While I see the logic behind this - they are supposedly "reformed" and trying to make a "fresh start" - it sounds like an awful mouthful to say. I know that a very big impediment to rejoining society is the fact that you have to continue to report "criminal history" on job applications forever (at least, in America).
Oh for crying out loud!!! Is this nonsense ever going to stop!
Just as rediculous as the idea of using idiotic terms like Before Common Era(BCE)and Common Era(CE)in place of BC and AD and Companion Animal Shop instead of Pet Shop just because some screwballs thinks PET has a different meaning and Wildlife Conservation Park in place of Zoo I mean the liberal stupidity there seems to be no end to it
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