I was a "patient" in Riverside in the late 1950's when it was the only "treatment" program in the U.S. (and maybe the world) for adolescent heroin addicts. Most patients wre court-mandated, and after a study showed not a single "cure" in a decade, it was shut down in 1963. It is weird to see the views I haven't seen for half a century, and remember all the guys I knew who have since died, many from their addiction.
John French
Location: Riverside Hospital (North Brother Island) Gallery: Typhus