Behind Bars and Beginning to Forget
There are constant reminders of the outside world at the California Men’s Colony . The prison, nestled in the seaside mountains outside of San Luis Obispo, is routinely enveloped by a thick fog that rolls in from the ocean at dawn. Seagulls and other birds fly overhead, stop occasionally to perch on the razor wire encircling the yard, and fly away at a whim. The birds are a reminder of the world outside, which many people in this prison will never again experience.
Years ago, Joaquin Cruz killed a man who sold him fake cocaine, a crime that earned him a life sentence. Now he is so confused, his brain showing rapidly advancing signs of dementia, that he thinks he sees his brother when he sees his reflection in the toilet water. He can no longer perform routine tasks like showering or eating. Leon Baham, who is showing early signs of dementia but is reluctant to admit it, concedes he has days where he finds himself out in the yard, wondering how he got there. Another inmate is so confused that he needs to be reminded almost daily that he is incarcerated.
By TODD HEISLER Watch the video, part of the series “The Vanishing Mind,” which examines the worldwide struggle to find answers about Alzheimer's disease. There are constant reminders of the outside world at the California Men's Colony.
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