WI: Registrant father wins right to visit sick son in hospital.
The father of a 9 year old critically ill boy has won a temporary court battle. He will be allowed to visit his son 3 times a week in the hospital for 2 hours per visit, supervised by a guardian ad litem.
It sounds like a crappy deal – only getting 6 hours a week with your own child, who has been hospitalized for over a month, but it’s better than nothing, which is what Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee was giving him, by denying him entry into the hospital because he is on the state’s sex offender registry.
The father was forced to leave his son’s hospital bedside on March 6 after the hospital learned he was on the registry. The hospital wouldn’t allow him back until the judge ordered them to. It has been almost a month!
A hearing for a permanent decision on this matter is forthcoming.
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There is a great article on this in Reason: https://reason.com/blog/2018/04/04/father-on-sex-offender-registry-escorted
And was the 6 hours a week decided by the hospital or the judge. Did anyone ask the hospital to prove this policy necessary. Is there any more legal action planned in this case
He should sue for emotional distress as well to him and his son
There is no law in question here. Theres no law writtennother than the 300 ft loitering but that wouldnt apply. Remember, we are dealing with a PRIVATE property who can tresspass whomever they want. Hes not up against any law hes up against a policy
Private property. Interesting. So does that mean that they are not subject of sunshine law even though they likely take a LOT of “government ” money?
justvlike your home you can deny access. thats how disney gets away but they add a tresspass notice to the mix. its not illegal for rsos except for that new 300 ft loitering law but its ambiguous enough so it can cause issues. civil rights had to fight this but that was for a specific classes but rsos arent considered classes so they stand in that phantom zone of ambiguity that noone wants to tread. noone bans physical abusers from hospitals nor thieves from banks nor drunks from bars. to temove them theyd have to abuse in the hospital actually steal from the bank and actually be beligerant drunk at the bar. in the case of rsos the commiting of an act doesnt matter its just the prior history. how is that balanced? ive seen the comparison to no shoes no shirts no service: i argue that that limitation has relief: in that if i come back with shoes and a shirt id get the service. where is the relief from this?
only real laws applicable there is that they cannot turn away sick or injured or discriminate by class. their internal policies for other access is just that: their own policy. theres no law stating felons need to be hired ;its the policy of the hiring agent. as long as they dont tread on discrimination based on race religion gender disability and preferance which is what is protected.
If upon finishing his criminal sentence is barred from places and things. This along proves the Registry is punitive and punishment. A people that sacrifices liberty for safety, deserves neither.
Lets be clear about something, this father did NOT win the RIGHT to visit his son…he already had the right.
He was being DEPRIVED from exercising the right he already had by a corrupt legal system which choose to give him an artificial label they call “sex offender” and with the designation of being a second class citizen he was deprived his right of visiting his son.
This discrimination and stereotyping is no different than when segregation deprived blacks of exercising their rights to use the same services that whites were allowed access to.
This is discrimination and public shaming and nothing more!