The Megaphone Effect: Reclaiming Recovery" explores the evolution of a patient rights group at Western State Hospital known as the "Sanka Party" that formed in response to lost rights and privileges after one Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) patient walked away from an Eastern State Hospital sanctioned field trip. The resulting mass media frenzy culminated inin a series of punitive legislation and state hospital policies eroding patient rights and ultimately the hope of recovery by patients at both state hospitals. One such legislative action banned NGRI patients from leaving their buildings except when attending a funeral or going to a medical appointment.