Things like bed size, using the toilet or showering, getting food or even getting them into the cell or moving them around the prison all seem like it would take a lot of planning and logistics on the prisons part.
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Well, there isn’t anything else you could do except provide accommodations. This includes a bigger bed size, larger toilets and showers, etc.
Considering their size, they likely also have a multitude of health issues or special diet. The prison would also accommodate by having a separate dieted meal (Kind of like a religious thing, but not religious) and just extra medical visits.
They probably would not be in general population as they simply aren’t able to integrate at a self-functioning level assuming they are bed-ridden or wheel-chair bound.
Or you could ask your mother.
There are medical prisons strictly for inmates with medical problems that make them unsuitable for incarceration in a standard facility.
That said, you aren’t gonna stay 800 lbs for long in prison. You’re either gonna lose weight fast or die.
As someone who was over 600, imo your question is just a hypothetical, it could almost never happen. People who are 800lbs are severely disabled. How are they gonna get in trouble? They can’t drive anywhere or walk more than a few feet. I guess financial crimes or something but people that big are already such a small percentage. The cross section to also bring a criminal is probably non existent.
Depending on the crime there have been instances were morbidly obese people have been issued house arrest instead of prison because it would be too costly to accommodate them. Look up Steven Goodman as an example.
I know someone that’s a nurse that said a patient once came in as 600lbs. The entire time they were there, they rarely left the bed. They lost 200 pounds simply by the hospital monitoring what they eat, absolutly no excersize.
Prison is similar. You don’t get much food and you’re gonna be atleast walking around a little bit.
Long story short, it’s hard to stay obese in prison without something medical keeping you obese.
If they are 800+, what kind of threat is that?
When you are that big they shouldnt even bother putting you in prison. Just give him an ankle monitor. By the time you realize hes gone he couldnt be more than a few hundred yards away
Correctional Officer here: if you’re so large that you can’t get around without assistance, they put you in a facility with proper medical care and accommodations until you can get around. Then you brave the rest of the prison like anyone else. You cannot stay that large in prison unless you have a lot of money, even then you don’t have much storage for your commissary. There aren’t larger bunks, toilets, or anything else to provide. Medical staff will ensure you lose just enough weight to do things on your own, even if you’re still not the ideal size to fit things. I will say that it’s incredibly rare for someone that large (though I’ve seen maybe 600lbs tops) to end up in prison because, well, how many crimes are you committing when you likely can’t/won’t leave bed? Not very many.
Wouldn’t a better question be can a 800+ pound person really be doing anything that’d land them in jail?
Where are they going to go? And what did the 800 pound man do to end up in jail?
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