[Eleutheria5]

This isn’t the first instance of a prisoner attending a funeral. Prison officials have experience with securing prisoners during family funerals. Consequently, we don’t know that. But the prison courtyard is a perfectly reasonable option, too, imho.

[PapaBear3625]

This isn’t the first instance of a prisoner attending a funeral. Prison officials have experience with securing prisoners during family funerals.

For some reason I was thinking that the funeral was going to be in Israel, rather than in South Bend, Indiana. Yes, you are correct that the prison people could ensure he returned from a funeral in Indiana.