Archdiocese of Milwaukee files lawsuit over COVID-19 policy barring clergy from prison visits
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A conservative legal group filed a lawsuit Friday against the state over a policy not allowing clergy members to visit prison inmates due to COVID-19 concerns.
The lawsuit, filed in Jefferson County by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and attorneys for the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, takes aim at a Department of Correction s policy that barred visitors from prisons in March 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic swept the state.
The department is still not allowing clergy members, whether vaccinated or not, even in instances where religious services cannot be conducted virtually, the complaint said, such as administering the sacraments of the Eucharist, Penance and the Anointing of the Sick.
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Report cites ‘vast improvement’ at Wisconsin juvenile prison By: Associated Press April 20, 2021
1:25 pm
By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin’s juvenile prisons made a “vast improvement” in meeting court-ordered changes and in overall atmosphere since December, the latest report released Tuesday from a monitor found.
The positive report from court-ordered monitor Teresa Abreau was based on a March visit to the Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls. It came after a report on her December visit detailed worsening conditions.
There continues to be concern regarding programming, use of force, restraints, and other issues, the monitor said, but noted: “There has been vast improvement in many areas of the consent decree and overall atmosphere from the last site visit.”
Report cites vast improvement at Wisconsin juvenile prison
Associated Press 2 hrs ago By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin s juvenile prisons made a “vast improvement” in meeting court-ordered changes and in overall atmosphere since December, the latest report released Tuesday from a monitor found.
The positive report from court-ordered monitor Teresa Abreau was based on a March visit to the Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls. It came after a report on her December visit detailed worsening conditions.
There continues to be concern regarding programming, use of force, restraints, and other issues, the monitor said, but noted: “There has been vast improvement in many areas of the consent decree and overall atmosphere from the last site visit.”
By Scott Bauer, Associated Press
Apr 20, 2021 12:54 PM
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin’s juvenile prisons made a “vast improvement” in meeting court-ordered changes and in overall atmosphere since December, the latest report released Tuesday from a monitor found.
The positive report from court-ordered monitor Teresa Abreau was based on a March visit to the Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls. It came after a report on her December visit detailed worsening conditions.
There continues to be concern regarding programming, use of force, restraints, and other issues, the monitor said, but noted: “There has been vast improvement in many areas of the consent decree and overall atmosphere from the last site visit.”