Jean Bandersnatch was not going to take no for an answer. She wanted to see her husband, and she wanted to see him now. That, of course, was against protocol since he was not only under arrest but being held under suicide watch by armed guards in the secure unit of the psych ward ...

The secure ward of St. Sebastian Medical Center’s inpatient psychiatric unit, where suicidal patients were placed for observation and safety, was sequestered behind a separate door on the inpatient floor of the hospital. A large sign with red block letters reading “Elopement Risk” was screwed to the solid oak door that had a heavy magnetic ...