Andrea Yates verdict - huh?

[kandrathe]

In a mental hospital you don't have to worry about your roomate being a mass murderer, about alliances/gangs that form or are already formed, about being stabbed by a makeshift knife, or gased/beaten by guards if you step far out of line. Granted, your roomate may actually be a murderer, but they're most likely loaded on a bunch of medications (as well as you) that leave you in a pretty catatonic state.

No, in the institutions for the criminally insane, 1/2 the population would rape you given the chance and the other 1/2 would want to kill you (because you might smell like pinapples). And, then, you don't get just one room mate, but a whole ward. Try closing your eyes...