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I don't know, but by calling inmates criminals, you are 1. Assuming guilt, and 2. Implying that crime is their identity, which is pretty short-sighted and dismissive.
Call them inmates.
How does the word “criminal” imply that crime is their identity?
Everyone had told a lie at one time or other in their life. Are you a liar or a person who has told lies? There is your answer.
According to Wiktionary, a liar is a person who frequently lies, whereas a criminal is someone who is guilty of a crime (possibly just a single one). So this is a false equivalence.
Yes they are.
It doesn't unless they identify as a criminal and change their pronouns.
I mean…technicallyyyyyyy they initially asked about prisoners, then asked if fat criminals lose weight; which means they're asking about all prisoners, everywhere, around the world, and also all fat criminals as well
(Yes I'm being pedantic, and yes, the OP was worded clumsily, and yes you are correct , but but BUT I'm correct as well and that doesn't make me less of an ass)
No
You must be trolling right?
You think the justice system is perfect?
Me asking OP to respect the demonstrable reality of some inmates being wrongfully incarcerated does not make me a troll.