Before everyone goes crazy in defense of this man, no one here has the information on what the situation REALLY was.
It is possible that the woman had just been released or was going into a psychiatric facility and the father agreed to monitor his wife continuosly unti they could get the woman treatment, or until they were sure her medication was working.
In the Yates case, the family was NOT supportive of her continuing to get treatment and was anti -medication. Many times, the family will not cooperate with the best intentioned medical treatment.
I think there is WAY more to this story.
It is simply not humanly possible for a human being to monitor someone else 24/7.
Why lock up the husband when she should have been locked up in the first place?