>> NARRATOR: It was a landmark
ruling--
Thousands of New Yorkers with
severe mental
illness had a right to live on
their own.
>> There was a huge question
about whether people that had
been institutionalized can live
successfully in the community.
>> NARRATOR: And a right to
fail.
>> They just brought me there
and said, "ta daaa!"
>> NARRATOR: “Frontline” and
ProPublica investigate.
>> Did it feel like you were
left alone?
>> I had no company actually.
>> The question is when do you
take away somebody's liberty?
>> NARRATOR: Next time, on
“Frontline”.
