[NorthMountain]

100 years ago, we had insane asylums. They weren’t necessarily well run, but they at least had the right idea.

[Impala64ssa]

100 years ago, we had insane asylums
About 50 yrs ago the mental institutions began shutting down, thanks in part to the exposé about the abuses going on, primarily in Willowbrook on Staten Island done by a then unknown Geraldo Rivera. Instead of correcting the problems and punishing those responsible they just shut them down.