Asylum Scandals: Abuse, Torture, Corruption and Murder in Minnesotas State Hospitals Lubeck Patricia
Asylum Scandals: Abuse, Torture, Corruption and Murder in Minnesotas State Hospitals Lubeck Patricia Insane asylums have a horrific history. The asylums were palatial buildings surrounded with vast…
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Asylum Scandals: Abuse, Torture, Corruption and Murder in Minnesotas State Hospitals Lubeck Patricia
Insane asylums have a horrific history. The asylums were palatial buildings surrounded with vast landscaped grounds and beautiful vistas. Originally intended to provide a place to keep away "madness" within society, asylums eventually paved the way for medical professionals to study patients with mental illness.
State funding could not keep up with the high cost of maintaining the monstrous structures. Due to overcrowding, untrained staff, and corrupt administrators, these institutions gradually became places of squalor and negligence. As time went on, more and more patients were admitted, making it difficult to keep up with the demand for better care.
By the 1980s, many state hospitals were closed. This book gives the history of Minnesota's two oldest state hospitals - St. Peter, which opened in 1866, followed by Rochester in 1879.
Back then, laws allowed families to commit their