Patient, Ralph Moore, is hospitalized in a Maximum-Security Mental Hospital after killing three prostitutes. He received an Insanity Diagnosis as a Paranoid Schizophrenic; Ralph is paranoid about all treatment staff and authority figures who try to treat him over a 15-year period. The story is viewed from the patient’s perspective and chronicles his earlier life under the demeaning abuse of his alcoholic father to developing trust with some staff resulting in his eventual release into the community over the objections of Psychiatrists, Review Boards, the Court Personnel and the community.