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NYC jail watchdog stops using word ‘inmate’ because social justice group says it’s derogatory
The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has stopped using the term 'inmate' in its mission statement, adopting 'incarcerated population' instead after a social justice group labeled the original term derogatory.
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