Elayn Hunt inmates learn about impacts of childhood trauma, applying research to their own lives [theadvocate.com]

Alicia Doktor 8/27/184:00 AM

Ryan Crotwell's memories of growing up in French Settlement are filled with mental snapshots of abuse at the hands of his alcoholic father. First he remembers kneeling on rice. Then the whippings started — "switches, belts, whatever was within reach."

Crotwell, 34, recalls acting out in school and receiving brutal punishments at home. He was institutionalized for psychiatric treatment twice before his 10th birthday and diagnosed with various psychological conditions including attention deficit disorder and depression.

He was arrested at age 15 and accused of killing an aunt's brother-in-law — a man he described as "someone who did me no wrong" and whose death will haunt him forever — then convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison the following year.

[For more on this story by LEA SKENE, go to https://www.theadvocate.com/ba...18-473e98f6011d.html]

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