belong in a convalescent home. they belong in a prison. they say they re end of life people. but you know what? they committed a crime and they should do the time. reporter: the town is fighting this. they re also citing zoning issues, jenna. jenna: so what exactly does the state say about the neighbors concerns? reporter: well the state says that they shouldn t be worried. that there is no danger from these patients. they do note they are at end of life. some have alzheimer s or dementia or basically incapacitated and can t even take care of themselves. they re carefully screened for that. they say they also released prisoners like this to nursing homes around the state. they know this nursing home will be like any other. it will have security but also parole officers. we re talking about terminally ill or severe dementia or other kinds of debilitating type ill knows like illnesses like qdro pledge i cans, et cetera. we can t discharge them unless we have places to go.