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Inmate? No, incarcerated person

NEW York will no longer use the word ‘inmate’ to describe prisoners because they find it degrading.

Instead, those serving time will be known as an ‘incarcerated person’ in a move blasted as ‘coddling criminals’.

The changes, signed into law by Democrat governor Kathy Hochul, are intended to ‘reduce the stigma of being in jail’.

Prisoners have complained it is ‘dehumanising’ when guards refer to them as inmates. But Republican Chris Tague said: ‘A bill that removes the word inmate from legal materials at a time when crime in New York continues to spike at an alarming rate shows you a lot about how misguided the Democrats’ agenda is.’

In 2018, the titles ‘fireman’ or ‘policeman’ were replaced with gender-neutral terms ‘firefighter’ or ‘police officer’.

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