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[Sinamenone]

What is the name of your state?Pa
Good morning, I’m resident at nursing home. Recently a guy was admitted. He’s had a stroke & his left side is paralyzed, he can barely move his legs, he constantly has loud outbursts with a few coherent memories of time in prison. He always stares into space & he wears a colostomy. This man can’t stand, walk or do anything for himself. I don’t know all his story, but the man has a tether bracelet on his ankle & I heard he hasn’t committed any offense in 12 years. I’ve never seen any visitors, he doesn’t get phone calls. He’s harmless & definitely not a flight risk. As a concerned citizen I would like to know who I would contact to remove his ankle monitor? It seems cruel & unusual to keep this device on him.
Thanks in advance.

 

[AlmostThere]

What is the name of your state?Pa
Good morning, I’m resident at nursing home. Recently a guy was admitted. He’s had a stroke & his left side is paralyzed, he can barely move his legs, he constantly has loud outbursts with a few coherent memories of time in prison. He always stares into space & he wears a colostomy. This man can’t stand, walk or do anything for himself. I don’t know all his story, but the man has a tether bracelet on his ankle & I heard he hasn’t committed any offense in 12 years. I’ve never seen any visitors, he doesn’t get phone calls. He’s harmless & definitely not a flight risk. As a concerned citizen I would like to know who I would contact to remove his ankle monitor? It seems cruel & unusual to keep this device on him.
Thanks in advance.

What do you mean by a tether bracelet? What is his tethered to?

 

[quincy]

What is the name of your state?Pa
Good morning, I’m resident at nursing home. Recently a guy was admitted. He’s had a stroke & his left side is paralyzed, he can barely move his legs, he constantly has loud outbursts with a few coherent memories of time in prison. He always stares into space & he wears a colostomy. This man can’t stand, walk or do anything for himself. I don’t know all his story, but the man has a tether bracelet on his ankle & I heard he hasn’t committed any offense in 12 years. I’ve never seen any visitors, he doesn’t get phone calls. He’s harmless & definitely not a flight risk. As a concerned citizen I would like to know who I would contact to remove his ankle monitor? It seems cruel & unusual to keep this device on him.
Thanks in advance.

The GPS ankle monitors are not randomly secured to people’s ankles. They are ordered to be worn for a reason.

You are free to ask authorities for the reason behind the ankle bracelet but your expressed concern about its “cruelty” is unlikely to get authorities to remove the monitor.

 

[adjusterjack]

I would like to know who I would contact to remove his ankle monitor?

You contact your employer.

This is not your business.

 

[cbg]

What is the name of your state?Pa
Good morning, I’m resident at nursing home. Recently a guy was admitted. He’s had a stroke & his left side is paralyzed, he can barely move his legs, he constantly has loud outbursts with a few coherent memories of time in prison. He always stares into space & he wears a colostomy. This man can’t stand, walk or do anything for himself. I don’t know all his story, but the man has a tether bracelet on his ankle & I heard he hasn’t committed any offense in 12 years. I’ve never seen any visitors, he doesn’t get phone calls. He’s harmless & definitely not a flight risk. As a concerned citizen I would like to know who I would contact to remove his ankle monitor? It seems cruel & unusual to keep this device on him.
Thanks in advance.

See the bolded. That means someone knows something you don't know.

See the italicized. "I heard" are two of the most dangerous words in the English language.

This is not your decision to make.

 

[quincy]

You contact your employer.

This is not your business.

Sinamenone is not employed by the facility but rather is a resident of the facility.

I think it’s natural for residents of a shared building to be curious about the other residents in their building, especially if one of the residents is wearing an ankle bracelet. I don’t think it’s unreasonable, in other words, for Sinamenone to want information about the fellow sporting the monitor. It probably would be unreasonable for Sinamenone to expect the fellow’s ankle monitor to be removed, however.

 

[zddoodah]

Your post doesn't raise a legal issue, and this person's situation is none of your concern.

 

[quincy]

Sinamenone, you said you thought that keeping an ankle bracelet on the new resident in your nursing home seemed “cruel and unusual” because of his physical condition and existing ailments.

For your reading enjoyment , following is a link to a rather lengthy Encyclopedia entry on the history of the Eighth Amendment and the evolution of its “cruel and unusual punishment” prohibition.

https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/law/law/cruel-and-unusual-punishment