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1. Prefer 'Prisoner' Over 'Offender'

Date: 2025-01-10

Status

✅ Accepted

Context

The terms 'offender' and 'prisoner' are often used interchangeably but this causes issues when trying to remember if in a particular bit of code we have decided to use one term or another.

Decision

We will prefer to use the term 'prisoner' wherever possible - this service is inherently prisoner focussed.

Consequences

This should bring much more consistency to the codebase and make it easier to develop. There will no longer be an issue deciding what to name a file, class, method etc.