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"We do not cure anybody," the director of Atascadero State Hospital’s Sexually Violent Predator unit frankly admits. Nevertheless, many in the criminal justice community admire Atascadero’s relentless efforts to treat the criminally insane. This MSNBC documentary provides an inside look at the facility, which houses several types of offender--from MDOs, or the mentally disordered, to frighteningly disturbed SVPs--any of whom are eligible to run for a seat on the inmate governing board. Interviews with a number of residents and staff members are combined with a tour of the hospital’s sophisticated departments, including a colossal pharmacy that dispenses 12,000 pills per day and an in-house, unarmed police force. At Atascadero, drugs keep the peace. Not available in French-speaking Canada. (43 minutes)
Product Contents: 43 minute DVD
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