I'm not usually a big reader of memoirs, but when the opportunity came up to review this book, I was really intrigued by the story. In the Sanctuary of Outcasts relates the experiences of Neil White during his time at a federal prison in Carville, Louisiana. Sentenced to eighteen months for kiting checks, White finds himself sharing a building with the last patients suffering from leprosy in the United States. Color me ignorant, but I had absolutely no clue that people were still suffering from leprosy in the U.S. as late as the 90s. This fact alone was enough to grab my interest in White's story....
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