Wisconsin sheriff's 'progressive' jail reform involves calling inmates 'residents'
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A Wisconsin jail will encourage staff to stop describing the incarcerated as “inmates,” and to instead refer to them as “residents” or “those who are in our care."
"I view this change in name as a way to humanize those who are within our care," Barrett said, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. The sheriff argued that his office’s "change in philosophy" will reduce recidivism and represents a "small step" in influencing how those incarcerated view themselves. "This proactive approach to our criminal justice reform is going to allow us to move toward a 21st-century policing mindset in which we treat everyone within our community with dignity, respect and humanity," Barrett continued, according WSYX, describing the new policy at Dane County Jail.
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