Dr. Hart's assessment was approved. Days after he had suggested moving Brianna to a specialized mental health facility, Brianna finally left the prison.
Brianna's world had shifted dramatically in the days following her transfer to the mental asylum. The echoing clamor of the penitentiary had been replaced by the sterile, suffocating silence of the asylum's halls.
The change was abrupt, and disorienting, and despite everything, she welcomed it. The guards, the bars, and the cold concrete floors were all gone, replaced by padded walls, soft restraints, and the distant murmur of other patients lost in their own minds.
The first few days passed in a haze of sedation and observation. The staff kept a close watch on her, noting every twitch, every murmur that escaped her lips. They weren't sure what to make of her—this woman who had been moved from a penitentiary to a psychiatric facility on the grounds of her erratic behavior.