40,000?
Why not put him in a monastery while he awaits trail?
I am guessing the charges were lessened as part of a plea bargain and that is why the sentence was so light. Unless he was seriously ill a hospice seems a rather odd choice. A monastery certainly makes more sense. If he was under the court’s jurisdiction such as being on parole or probation or having sex offender status maybe he was restricted to where he was allowed to live.
Ideally he should have been in prison.