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Kentucky Is Putting Ankle Monitors On Coronavirus Patients Who Ignore Self-Isolation Order
Fox 59 ^ | 04/02/20

Posted on 04/03/2020 4:18:45 PM PDT by Enlightened1

Kentucky courts have ordered several coronavirus patients to wear GPS ankle monitors after they refused to stay at home.

Judges have ordered people who have tested positive or are suspected of having the virus to self-isolate, and those who ignore the mandate may be placed on house arrest, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal.

As of Thursday evening, the fourth and most recent person ordered to wear a GPS monitor is a man who hadn’t tested positive for coronavirus, but lives with a confirmed case and refused to sign a quarantine order, according to the Courier-Journal. The man’s sister allegedly told health officials he “leaves the home often.”

Another patient in Jefferson County who tested positive for coronavirus was placed on house arrest after going shopping March 21, court documents revealed.

Under state law, officials with Louisville’s public health department have the power to issue an “order of isolation,” which is then presented to a judge for approval.

WCNC reported that corrections officers have been asked to distribute the GPS monitoring equipment to those who do not follow the order.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: anklemonitors; coronavirus; kentucky; patients; selfisolate
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Well, on the bright side, they aren’t summarily executing them.....

YET.


21 posted on 04/03/2020 5:10:15 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Enlightened1
42 states now have stay-at-home orders for coronavirus. These are the 8 that don't.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stay-at-home-orders-states/

22 posted on 04/03/2020 5:10:41 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: madison10

Typically, they aren’t. And that’s despite several jurisdictions releasing rapists and child molestors who would otherwise be on the sex offender registry.


23 posted on 04/03/2020 5:19:12 PM PDT by tbw2
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24 posted on 04/03/2020 5:22:43 PM PDT by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: RasterMaster

Me? Give me liberty or give me an AR-15 with 5 high capacity magazines!


25 posted on 04/03/2020 5:30:18 PM PDT by Bommer (I am a MAGA-Deplorian! It is the way! It is the only way!)
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To: Bommer

LOL, I think that’s what Patrick Henry had in mind (although the hardware options were somewhat different)!


26 posted on 04/03/2020 5:53:17 PM PDT by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Enlightened1
You must comply comrade!

Like all of the most authoritarian things to come out of this situation, you'll find supporters for this right here on "free republic".

27 posted on 04/03/2020 7:24:01 PM PDT by zeugma (I sure wish I lived in a country where the rule of law actually applied to those in power.)
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To: Theophilus

This was an order by a local Louisville judge, not the governor. Just about every city and county in the nation gives extraordinary powers to local officials when a natural disaster or health emergency is officially declared.


28 posted on 04/03/2020 7:56:32 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
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To: Enlightened1

This reminds me of how leprosy patients were treated.


29 posted on 04/03/2020 10:21:05 PM PDT by murron
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To: Black Agnes

Absolutely, this is traditional quarantine practice at work. This is not a violation of any kind of freedom or democracy. This is no different than jury duty or the draft in wartime. Staying quarantined when infected is one of the few duties a citizen has in a free country.

The idea of making healthy people stay at home or shutting down businesses is a completely different animal. That is a new, radical idea that is unproven, untested and most likely unconstitutional.


30 posted on 04/03/2020 10:24:59 PM PDT by JediJones (We must deport all liberals until we can figure out what the hell is going on.)
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To: Enlightened1

Did Kentucky put ankle bracelets on the nearly 30% +/- of their inmate population that they freed? /s


31 posted on 04/03/2020 11:50:12 PM PDT by cranked
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To: Theophilus

I’;ve been railing against the lock-downs and the sheep who scream for more - knowing you have the virus and need a couple weeks to stop being potentially deadly to others - and ignoring it is different than having AIDS and not telling a sex-mate in what way?


32 posted on 04/04/2020 3:18:10 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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