You guys, Illinois is a joke. Wanna see just one of the many reasons why?
Here ya go:
The term "offender" is offensive, you see; and people shouldn't be defined by their worst day and have to carry that label around for the rest of their life. So we're going to use the term "justice-impacted individual" now so we don't offend criminals.
Is that the dumbest thing you've ever heard in your life, or what?
(The commies are gonna commie)
Luckily, this term is only going to apply to official language concerning Illinois' Adult Redeploy program (ARI), which provides "financial incentives to local jurisdictions for programs that allow diversion of individuals from state prisons by providing community-based services." The program essentially keeps some criminals (we allowed to say that still?) from prison by "connecting them to rehabilitation programs."
State lawmakers have passed a bill that, if signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker, will change the term 'offender' in state law to 'justice impacted individual.'
The proposed change blew up on social media, with some people mistakenly thinking that people who commit crimes would get a rebranding. Instead, it would only apply to participants in one program meant to rehabilitate people and keep them out of prison.
The specific proposed law, House Bill 4409, would remove the term 'offender' and replace it with 'justice impacted individual' for men and women in the state's 'Adult Redeploy Illinois' program, commonly referred to as A.R.I.
Still, some senate members had a few words concerning the name change.
‘Each time we make that change, each agency has to make that change on every one of their documents,' said state senator Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro). ‘Right now in the department of corrections, there are multiple changes that have been made and it's costing thousands of thousands of dollars just to do a name change.'
So sure, we're not going to start calling murderers or car thieves "justice-impacted individuals," but this new label will be applied to many offenders. And the term will be changed on documents throughout the state. That will cost money. And that cost will be handed down to the taxpayer.
The bill has passed both the House and Senate, and will head to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk, where you know it'll be signed with a smile.
Next topic, Illinois. You're wasting our time and money.
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