Asylum

About the Book

A behind the scene fictional account into the world of inpatient mental health services and forensic psychiatry offers real insight into the legal entanglements that are more often created: a system that can be manipulated and crafted for the pursuit of revenge and retribution. The criminal justice system that purports to offer a quality of care frequently creates a new sentencing guideline that sees the more reasonable and humane Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) transform into "Life Without Hope of Freedom".

About the Author

James R. Newton is a senior administrator with a non-profit behavioral healthcare agency based in Atlanta, Georgia. A former police officer and criminal investigator, he is a Licensed Professional Counselor and has held numerous clinical and administrative positions, both in community mental health, correctional and institutional settings, involving a wide scope of the behaviorally challenged.

He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and John Carroll University (Ohio). He lives in Marietta, Georgia with his family, including the untrained family pet, Shadow.