“Convicted felons” may be getting a makeover in San Francisco.
Under a new resolution by the city's Board of Supervisors — which voted to use “person-first” language in the criminal justice system — they'll be referred to as “justice-involved persons,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The guidelines nix other terms too, such as “prisoner,” “convict” and “inmate,” along with any words that “obstruct and separate people from society and make the institutionalization of racism and supremacy appear normal.”
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