Cold Storage

This book was purchased because I presently have a friend who is serving time in this prison, and was interested in reading about it's history. Fortunately, life is considerably better there than it was previously. This book is extremely well written and one of those impossible-to-put-down. It is interesting on many levels. Grab it before it's no longer available.

I started this book not knowing what to expect, and ended the book in awe of what I just read. The author does an amazing job of putting visuals in your head. Asylums and Psychology intigue me, so I found this book to definately be worth the read. Although, it is fairly graphic, I do believe that if you like Non-Fiction books, and have a somewhat interest in asylums, or things of that nature, you will GREATLY enjoy this novel. I HIGHLY recommend it. I couldn't put it down. It was NEVER boring. You won't regret reading this book!

I live near Philadelphia (Usually -- I'm currently living in Wisconsin) and I think I found this book by looking up haunted places in PA. ANYWAY... I'm interested in mental diseases how they were treated, and this book was a total shocker. Being that it's a NON-FICTION book, it's horrible to fathom the kind of things that these men were put through in this "Hospital". I wouldn't even call it a hospital, more like a slaughter house. Reading about how the guards treated the patients makes me want to find one and kick and beat them like they did to the patients. Once checked into Farview, pretty much the only way out was death. Once you check into reading this book, you won't be able to get out until you read the very last page, including the appendix. Snatch up these used copies before they are gone. This is a definate keeper.

I recently purchased this out of print book and its very good. It gives a good idea of what went on in this so called hospital for the criminally insane. Actually what was taking place was the guards ran this hospital and treated the patients as animals or lower. Gambling, homosexual activity was rampant, patients were killed or beaten. Some individuals ended up here for small infractions and never left. No individual received any medical reviews when they were placed here. If you are interested in mental illness, asylums and etc. this is an excellent book for the money and I highly recommend!