Woke prison chiefs referring to lags as ‘residents’ and cells as ‘rooms’
WOKE jail chiefs are referring to lags as “residents” and cells as “rooms” in their nick.
Prison blocks are now called “communities” and holding cells have been dubbed “waiting rooms”.
Woke jail chiefs are referring to lags as ‘residents’ and cells as ‘rooms’l[/caption]Inmates get laptops on arrival at HMP Berwyn and get easy access to tea and sarnies.
It’s part of a £600,000 government-backed project to see if rebranding and redesigning jails can cut reoffending.
Experts said the moves at the 2,100-inmate Category C jail near Wrexham, North Wales, were a bid to appear “fashionable” and would do no good.
Ian Acheson, an adviser on jail extremism, urged the Prison Service to focus on making jails “ordered” with staff “clearly and confidently in charge”.
He said: “You can’t change people’s lives and stop them making further victims with labels.”
Inmates get laptops on arrival at HMP Berwyn and get easy access to tea and sarnies[/caption]Most read in News
Former prison governor David Wilson added: “The people who laugh at this most of all are offenders themselves.”
Prison reform groups do not use the alternative terminology and say they prefer “prisoners” or “people in prison.”
The Prison and Probation Service said last night: “Our staff are focused on keeping the public safe from dangerous offenders and preventing reoffending, regardless of the terminology they use.”
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