Jeromy Robert recalls visiting his father in a mental institution and prison as an 8-year-old, describing the fear of entering the facility and being told not to speak to anyone. The visit left him confused and missing his father.
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So they say he's going away to a hospital. He's going away to a hospital. That's jail. He spent a year in a mental institution and then a year in some sort of prison. And we went to visit him one time. Scariest thing I ever did as a little kid because it's like a funny farm. It's. It's just like one of those. It's like a movie, right, where you go and it's this scary old building and it's. You know, it's. It was screaming and terrifying, right? And they sat me down and said, hey, you're gonna see your dad. There's gonna be other guys there. Don't speak to them. You know, I'm what, eight, nine? Okay. You know? And then you go to this scary building and you're like, what? What's actually happening? You know? And all I knew was I missed my dad.