Re:From Prison to Programming
by RickWolter on Saturday September 03, 2022 @02:03PM
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my 2 cents .... its unnecessary. It often then just leads to me having to explain what that term means. I would much rather use formerly incarcerated. Its a fairly neutral term, imo. Its not loaded with negative connotations like terms such as convict.
Also the term "justice impacted" seems to strip us of all agency. I would like to retain at least a smidgen of autonomy in my decision making.
Do you find prisoners/former prisoners get any benefit from new labels like this?
Timpson Group uses non euphemistic language: "people who have criminal convictions", and proactively hires them.
https://www.timpson-group.co.uk/timpson-foundation/ex-offend...