The inane ‘inmate’ debate: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: A proposal to switch the phrase “inmate” within the Board of Correction rule e book.
So now the town Board of Correction desires to ban the phrase “inmate” in favor of “people with custody” (“Out with ‘inmate,’ ” July 20)?
My, my: We definitely wouldn’t need to disgrace any of the effective thieves, rapists or murderers in jail now, would we? One of the largest issues with society right now is that disgrace doesn’t exist anymore.
J. Cesare
Copiague
Since New York state has principally expunged the biased phrases “mother” and “father” from its legal language, it’s great to know the phrase “inmate” may also be thrown onto the scrap heap of historical past. It seems being known as an inmate is simply as offensive as being known as a mom or father.
Schellie Hagan
Brooklyn
Many New York City faculty youngsters can’t learn and do basic math, unlawful prescribed drugs are brazenly bought on the streets, a squalid tent metropolis grows on the foot of one of our hottest vacationer points of interest — however our metropolis officers spend time worrying about calling inmates “inmates.”
Jake McNicholas
Whitestone
We are watching George Orwell’s “1984” truly play out. Newspeak has been the agenda of these communist and socialist Democrats.
Sure, “inmate” is a very harsh phrase; let’s call these “people in custody” higher, clearer names so we will show them the correct respect. Here’s a few recommendations for administering of law and order: murderers, rapists, drug and human traffickers, thieves, abusers and sexual predators.
Just final week, Mayor Mamdani had a pretty watch social gathering with these vile criminals at Rikers Island. Last 12 months, Democrats refused to stand for the households of victims of violent crime during the president’s State of the Union deal with. To them, battle is peace, and hate is love.
Linda Greco
Cedar Grove, NJ
The mayor’s World Cup watch social gathering at Rikers Island was appalling, and Gov. Hochul’s 2022 press release about “individuals impacted by the criminal-justice system” being “stigmatized” by “terms such as felon, inmate,” and so forth. is an absolute low.
We the taxpaying, law-abiding people of New York are those paying in all methods. Tell the inmates they’re there as a result of of their own doing.
Janice Mooney
Brooklyn
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The Issue: Chief Judge Rowan Wilson’s selection of Cynthia Nixon to help decide judges for NY’s highest court docket.
And similar to that, the lunacy continues: Having performed a Harvard-educated lawyer on TV entitles Cynthia Nixon is to serve on the Commission on Judicial Nomination to vet potential judges to the Court of Appeals (“Goodbye, NY Rule of Law,” Editorial, July 18).
This could be a prime instance of affirmation bias; Nixon is a staunch left-wing activist, and so she is ideal for this function.
Michelle Tranchina
Brooklyn, Conn.
Just after we thought New York hit all-time low with Mayor Mamdani and his incompetent administration, we’re confirmed improper as soon as again with the actions of Chief Judge Rowan Wilson.
His nominating Cynthia Nixon — whose solely {qualifications} are taking part in a lawyer on tv and being one other uber lefty Marxist — to the Commission on Judicial Nomination, is an unconscionable resolution that boggles the thoughts of any regular, considering particular person.
I assume Wilson thinks we aren’t letting criminals escape accountability fast enough within the New York court docket system.
J. Paino
Manhattan
Nixon is a excellent match for the politicized, woke, fantasy land that’s the present New York state judiciary, the place justice is all about dramatic efficiency, regardless of the details and the law.
Charles Compton
The Bronx
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