I found this book in the free books bin at McKay's a while back. I thought it was simply a prison memoir, but it was a lot more than that. This book does discuss the white-collar crimes of the author, but the more interesting aspect of this book was certainly being incarcerated in a facility that housed people that had Hansen's disease. Hansen's disease, also known as leprosy, results from a life-long infection of a bacteria. Even today, the way this disease is spread isn't entirely clear. It is thought to spread in a similar manner to influenza. Luckily, this disease is now curable with drug therapy. Leprosy can affect facial structures and cause limb deformities if left untreated. The author of this book was sent to Carville, a leprosarium turned prison that now houses the Louisiana National Guard. Patients were allowed to remain there with minimum security prisoners. The author relates the stories of patients and inmates, and how he learned to be more accepting of things he didn't understand. The book was interesting, and certainly worth the price I paid for it...which was nothing.