

Crazy
A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness
Author: Pete Earley
Narrator: Michael Prichard
Unabridged: 11 hr 46 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 07/04/2006
Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs
Synopsis
The more Earley dug, the more he uncovered the bigger picture: Our nation's prisons have become our new mental hospitals. Crazy tells two stories. The first is his son's. The second describes what Earley learned during a yearlong investigation inside the Miami-Dade County jail, where he was given complete, unrestricted access. There, and in the surrounding community, he shadowed inmates and patients; interviewed correctional officers, public defenders, prosecutors, judges, mental-health professionals, and the police; talked with parents, siblings, and spouses; consulted historians, civil rights lawyers, and legislators.
The result is both a remarkable piece of investigative journalism, and a wake-up call—a portrait that could serve as a snapshot of any community in America.