The Marshall Project has released a new style guide: ‘What Words We Use — and Avoid — When Covering People and Incarceration’. For example, instead of “inmates” or “convicts”, they recommend using “incarcerated people”.
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The Marshall Project has released a new style guide: ‘What Words We Use — and Avoid — When Covering People and Incarceration’. For example, instead of “inmates” or “convicts”, they recommend using “incarcerated people”.
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