Dec 24, 2021 · Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter, who fatally shot a Black man, Daunte Wright, during a traffic stop, was found guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter on Thursday, December 23. Kim Potter's sentencing is scheduled to …

Aug 16, 2021 · There are better alternatives—alternatives that center a person’s humanity first, unpack racist narratives of criminality, and help address the overcriminalization of people of color and the...

Dec 20, 2023 · Typically, “wokeness” and “woke ideology” are terms of abuse, used against a variety of practices that, despite their diversity, have a similar character. Often, what is dismissed as “woke” is...

Jun 1, 2021 · Prisons have been woke for some time. One of the biggest scandals of recent years is the incarceration in women’s prisons of male offenders who – sometimes after sentencing – decide they are...

May 12, 2023 · Prison officers have been ordered to stop using the term "convicts" when referring to criminals in new guidelines. Civil servants working for the Prison Service have told staff that they should use terms such as "persons with lived experience" or "prison leavers" for ex-convicts.

Terms like “ex-inmates,” “ex-prisoners,” “ex-convicts,” “ex-felons,” and “ex-offenders” are used to categorize and stigmatize people affected by the criminal justice system. Dehumanizing labels stereotype and marginalize people rather than support them while they rebuild their lives.

Apr 28, 2022 · Prison guards have been told to call criminals behind bars prisoners in a crackdown on woke words. Ministers have produced a style guide slamming some of the language used by guards in Britain as "wishy washy"

Jun 2, 2021 · The rise of the woke prison Our justice system has become subsumed by intersectionality.

Apr 28, 2022 · PRISON bosses are to be banned from using woke language such as referring to inmates as residents. Ministers fear the spread of politically correct fads inside jails risks wrecking public confidence in law and order policies.

Apr 9, 2024 · Culturally sensitive food, venting sessions about toxic masculinity, and a magazine about intersectionality are among the many DEI initiatives taxpayers are funding at British Columbia’s wokest prison.