I'm perplexed by this case. Had the court system decided he was too large I would agree. Him trying to use it as a defense, makes me want to call bs. I'd want to know his weight in 2012 when he did time. His lawyer says it "would" cost a few grand to move him, yet there he is right there in that pic. He would be a nightmare in a prison, but he'd b in a med wing and become
@gatekeeper's worst nightmare.
Aside from his attempt to use it as a defense, it's a good question. How large is too large for prison?
That is NO lie, lol! Truthfully, though, the only major problem he'd have besides being inconvenienced would be the fact he'd be fed the same amount of calories any other inmate gets - 2500 cal./day. If he's got commissary cash, you already *know* he'd be running them out of junk food for sure. But, if he's diabetic (which is likely), his calorie count drops to 2200 cal./day including his bedtime snack. While most inmates gain weight, he'd probably lose for a month or two b/c of the commissary limit, then plateau for a couple months, and so on. Between the "gourmet" chow,
and the cal. restrictions, he would be one *growly* SOB from jump
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I don't know about other facilities, but I'd assign a nurse to him in his plan of care, not for special treatment *at* all, but b/c @ that weight, he qualifies for a Disability rating which means he needs help with showering and wheelchair transfers if he truly can't walk. Lots of ppl try to lie their asses off about that, but here they ask family, friends, and neighbors, and the DA's office will assign a Special Duty officer to do video surveillance on him
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As for your great question, the answer is...*drumroll, please*...I really dunno. Our biggest boy was an avg. 650lbs., but his weight would go +/- 20lbs. due to fluids/swelling. My guess would be a judge would have to rule on the premise that when a morbidly obese person is of such a weight s/he is, or becomes unable (not unwilling, just unable) to be maintained in jail/prison without compromise to their health and basic quality of life, other arrangements for incarceration must be made. It's just a guess, but it sounds like a reasonable compromise. I'm sure there's precedent on a case by case basis already set somewhere.
I did see a documentary on a case some others may have seen on TLC (?) where the 900lb.-ish lb. woman "confessed" to rolling over on her 2 y.o.'s nephew's head, squashing him to death. She would have had to have had a special court order for incarceration, but bless her sweet, sad heart, she finally admitted her fucking, rotten, cruel BITCH of a sister had threatened her into that bullshit story b/c she'd beat her kid to death and busted his skull open inside his head. And, the stupid breeder had something like four other kids besides the toddler. The innocent sister said she did it b/c her sister 'threatened to dump her' and, 'her life was already over anyway.' *sniff*
Great question. Think I'll some googling.
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