RACINE â A judge and prosecutors were OK with a Racine County Jail inmate being let out to be a pall bearer at his sisterâs funeral. But the Wisconsin Department of Corrections intervened, keeping him behind bars instead of with his family to say his final goodbyes.
Unexpected tragedy
Ramsey
A lifelong sufferer from sickle cell anemia, Shemera Latrice Ramsey died suddenly at the age of 30 on May 15. Her family gathered for her funeral Friday morning. But Damien Bell, Ramseyâs brother who was supposed to be a pall bearer, wasnât there.
Bell, 37, has been in the Racine County Jail since July. With his attorneyâs help, he applied for a furlough. Inmates are allowed to leave incarceration for a short time for various reasons, such as to visit a sick loved one. Furloughs often are granted on a daily basis for someone facing a low-level charge to allow them to keep their job, with the requirement that they return to jail every night before they make bail or the
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Cheryl Christensen, 61, was charged with negligently subjecting an at-risk individual to abuse-causing death in the November death of her son.
Christensen is additionally charged with misdemeanor resisting an officer and disorderly conduct.
Jamie McClendon, the defendantâs attorney, argued successfully that she should be allowed to withdraw from the case due to conflicts with her client.
For her part, Christensen had been trying to get a new attorney since the preliminary hearing in February.
âShe is not working for me â sheâs working against me,â the defendant said of her attorney.
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