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| Prisons to allow foreign language church services |
| By AP |
| Published: 05/23/2005 |
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Wisconsin Department of Corrections has reversed a decision that would have banned religious services in Spanish and other foreign languages. Citing security concerns, the department recently banned foreign language activities. But officials didn't realize that religious services and study groups had been offered in Spanish and other foreign tongues for years. The change would have halted Islamic services in Arabic, American Indian sweat lodge ceremonies and Hebrew readings of the Torah. In late March, a group of volunteers asked prison officials for permission to hold Spanish Bible studies at the Stanley Correctional Institution. The prison system's acting security chief sent an e-mail to all wardens telling them foreign language activities could compromise prison security by bringing more people into the secure areas. A regular Spanish-language Bible study at the Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution in Plymouth was canceled, as was a Spanish Mass being planned for Oshkosh Correctional Institute. Others were put on hold while officials figured out the rule. Corrections Secretary Matthew Frank's office has reversed the decision, which he said was never intended to include worship services. Inmates said they get something extra special by attending services in their native language. "We take this good feeling with us back to our unit," said Juan Moreno, a Dodge Correctional Institution prisoner who attends Spanish Mass. "You have someone locked up in their cell that doesn't have this spiritual strength, it's going to affect their demeanor. (Spanish Mass) makes where we are easier to take." On Friday, about 50 inmates -- the vast majority of whom speak only Spanish -- attended the Spanish Mass at Dodge led by the Rev. JosDe Moreno of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Milwaukee. "One guy from Waupun told me nobody knows what the loneliness is like. (Spanish Mass) is this little oasis. It is like coming back to life," Moreno said. |
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