I'm working on rewriting all of the policies and procedures for my employer and need suggestions how to reference inmates throughout the policy. I was going to go with "patient" but that doesn't sound right in many of the regular policies. I don't like inmate, detainee, or offender.
These are corporate policies and include jail offenders, detainees and inmates. Therefore, I need a good reference for all of them.
How are they referenced in your policies? Any ideas/suggestions?
Our company is changing everything to patient, so I hear. There is a move to shift to saying anything but inmate, offendor, etc. I would think we could even use "resident."
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I'm working on rewriting all of the policies and procedures for my employer and need suggestions how to reference inmates throughout the policy. I was going to go with "patient" but that doesn't sound right in many of the regular policies. I don't like inmate, detainee, or offender.
These are corporate policies and include jail offenders, detainees and inmates. Therefore, I need a good reference for all of them.
How are they referenced in your policies? Any ideas/suggestions?
Any help is greatly appreciated!!