Letters to the Editor — Aug. 13, 2022
August 12, 2022
"Stop calling us inmates. We ain't no fucking inmates ... we is incarcerated persons."
The Issue: Gov. Hochul’s signing of a bill that replaces “inmate” with “incarcerated person” in state law.
Gov. Hochul has proven that she’s incompetent (“Inmate’s Just Another Word for . . .”, Editorial, Aug. 11).
She won’t work on immediate bail reform, but with all the things that have to be fixed in New York, she just signed a bill to stop using the term “inmate” in state law.
Well, how long did she spend deliberating over that idea? As long as guests in politicians’ gated communities are happy, we should all be OK.
Pat Sullivan
Manhattan
Hochul and her Albany cronies cannot be serious about striking “inmate” from our vocabulary and substituting “incarcerated person.”
How much of New Yorkers’ time and treasure has been wasted on this foolish and self-righteous virtue signaling?
“The incarcerated persons have taken over the asylum” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
James Evans
Worcester, Mass.
It doesn’t get more ironic then this: The Post published an article depicting New York residents’ fears over skyrocketing crime rates alongside the article that reveals Hochul’s woke renaming of criminals.
This is just another example of how Hochul is not fit for the job. She’s focused on the wrong priorities.
While she is out there adopting new, woke terminology, maybe New York residents can assign her a more fitting title this November: “Former governor of New York.”
Eileen Corr
Manhattan
The liberal politicians who govern New York never fail to miss an opportunity.
Hochul’s signing a law that replaces the word “inmate” with “incarcerated person” in state law is an avoidance of the real issue.
I am sure most incarcerated individuals are having a good laugh at such stupidity. However, those offenders, who in the future might re-offend, are laughing harder at the ridiculous bail reform laws that are now on the books.
Might we rename upstanding citizens as “not-yet-incarcerated people,” so everyone can feel good?
Martin Garfinkle
Staten Island
So Hochul has banned the term “inmate” and replaced it with the term “incarcerated person” in state law.
OK, but while we’re at it, can we replace the term “governor” with the term “criminal’s best friend”?
Barry Koppel
Kew Gardens Hills
1 comment:
F-ck that place.
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