By Reason of Insanity (2015)

Original title

Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity

Directed by

Louis Theroux

Genre

documentary, crime, reality

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h

Rated

NR

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Louis Theroux visits two state psychiatric hospitals in Ohio. He talks to patients who committed crimes but were found not guilty by reason of insanity. The documentary shows their daily lives and experiences inside the institutions.

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What happens

By Reason of Insanity is a two-part 2015 BBC documentary miniseries by Louis Theroux. It focuses on the lives of mental patients at two of Ohio's state psychiatric hospitals Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare and Summit Behavioral Healthcare who have been sent there after committing crimes but having been acquitted by reason of insanity. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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