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Great book, Locked up at 9; released at 59 one mans incredible struggle to prove his sanity, 219 yellowing pages & tiny bends on cover but a good clean copy, fast dispatch, UK SELLER
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From the age of nine, Jimmy Laing lived under lock and key, first at the Baldovan mental institution and then at Carstairs State Hospital, the Scottish equivalent of Broadmoor. He was never tried or sentenced, for he had committed no crime. He was simply the victim of the system of dealing with "problem children" in the 1930s. Yet once in that system, he was certified insane and remained its captive for nearly 50 years, experiencing brutality and sexual harassment by staff and inmates, and witnessing theft, corruption and even murder. His long struggle to prove his sanity ended with conditional release in 1987. This is Laing's account of those experiences.
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Fifty Years in the System
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Transworld Publishers Limited, 1992
ISBN 10: 0552138924
ISBN 13: 9780552138925
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