Untying the Straitjacket
Brief Synopsis
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Special takes an unprecedented look inside the nation's highest-security mental hospitals -- Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center in New York and Clifton Perkins Hospital in Maryland to see what happens to those who are found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity. Cameras travel through the wards
Cast & Crew
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Hugh Kelly
Bill Kurtis
Kenneth Arkow
Producer
Michael Cascio
Executive Producer
Kate Davis
Editor
Kate Davis
Producer
Film Details
Also Known As
Investigative Reports (07/19/97)
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1997
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
Special takes an unprecedented look inside the nation's highest-security mental hospitals -- Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center in New York and Clifton Perkins Hospital in Maryland to see what happens to those who are found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity. Cameras travel through the wards as patients reveal their harrowing accounts of psychotic episodes that led to killings that they now regret. The special also tracks the life of a former patient who killed a woman 20 years ago, but now works in an office and is married to a woman who had also been found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Crew
Kenneth Arkow
Producer
Michael Cascio
Executive Producer
Kate Davis
Editor
Kate Davis
Producer
Kate Davis
Sound
Judith Dieckmann
Associate Producer
Gayle Gilman
Producer
Bob Harris
Producer
Bob Harris
Writer
David Heilbroner
Producer
David Heilbroner
Writer
David Huizenga
Audio
Bill Kurtis
Executive Producer
Rick Mahal
On-Line Editor
Kelly Mccormick
Line Producer
Jefferson Miller
Camera
Oren Rudavsky
Camera
Andrew Yarme
Sound
Film Details
Also Known As
Investigative Reports (07/19/97)
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1997
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
