
Few human beings are subject to as much cruelty and neglect as the world's mentally disabled. A Procession of Them documents the lives of those hidden away in public asylums.
University of Texas Press, 2008

Men's ward
Ocaranza Psychiatric Institute
Hidalgo, Mexico 1999

Men's ward
Ocaranza Psychiatric Institute
Hidalgo, Mexico 1999

Children's ward
Jalisco Psychiatric Hospital
Guadalajara, Mexico 1999

Elderly woman who may have Alzheimer's disease
Ocaranza Psychiatric Hospital
Hidalgo, Mexico 1999

Men's ward for the chronically ill
Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital
Asuncion, Paraguay 2005

Waiting for rooms to be hosed down
Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital
Asuncion, Paraguay 2003

17-year-old Jorge, who has autism
Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital
Asuncion, Paraguay 2003

Ice cold showers with no towels
Ocaranza Psychiatric Institute
Hidalgo, Mexico 1999

17-year-old girl abandoned at birth
Ocaranza Psychiatric Hospital
Hidalgo, Mexico 1999










Few human beings are subject to as much cruelty and neglect as the world's mentally disabled. A Procession of Them documents the lives of those hidden away in public asylums.
University of Texas Press, 2008
Men's ward
Ocaranza Psychiatric Institute
Hidalgo, Mexico 1999
Men's ward
Ocaranza Psychiatric Institute
Hidalgo, Mexico 1999
Children's ward
Jalisco Psychiatric Hospital
Guadalajara, Mexico 1999
Elderly woman who may have Alzheimer's disease
Ocaranza Psychiatric Hospital
Hidalgo, Mexico 1999
Men's ward for the chronically ill
Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital
Asuncion, Paraguay 2005
Waiting for rooms to be hosed down
Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital
Asuncion, Paraguay 2003
17-year-old Jorge, who has autism
Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital
Asuncion, Paraguay 2003
Ice cold showers with no towels
Ocaranza Psychiatric Institute
Hidalgo, Mexico 1999
17-year-old girl abandoned at birth
Ocaranza Psychiatric Hospital
Hidalgo, Mexico 1999