This part of their story really hits me... > Placed on high doses of antipsychotic medications, they found themselves unable to concentrate; Jennifer apparentl

This part of their story really hits me... > Placed on high doses of antipsychotic medications, they found themselves unable to concentrate; Jennifer apparently developed tardive dyskinesia (a neurological disorder resulting in involuntary, repetitive movements). Their medications were apparently adjusted sufficiently to allow them to continue the copious diaries they had begun in 1980, and they were able to join the hospital choir, but they lost most of their interest in creative writing. It's really disgusting how they were treated - petty crimes as teenagers land them in a high-security mental asylum - way more than what was required because they were weird and black. Some of the petty crimes was to raise money to self-publish a novel at 16, so obviously we're not dealing with delinquents. Not saying that they shouldn't have been punished for their actions, but there's a huge difference between rehabilitative incarceration and being treated like a lost cause and having their creativity chemically sterilized permanently.