Exception granted for prison inmate to attend funeral

By: Associated Press//April 20, 2015//

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PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin corrections officials made a rare exception for a medium-security prison inmate who was granted a temporary leave for his father’s funeral.

Department of Corrections’ policy allows for such a leave only for minimum-security prisoners. In this case, the father of the inmate, Thomas Christ, was fatally shot near Wausaukee by a bank robber who died along with state Trooper Trevor Casper in an exchange of gunfire in Fond du Lac.

Corrections spokeswoman Joy Staab tells the State Journal that Timothy Christ has a record of “absolute compliance” during his time at Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution. Staab said the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the death of Christ’s father also played a role in his temporary release March 31. The 31-year-old Christ is serving a 21-year sentence for four felonies, including homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle.

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