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War of 1812 Ends
Children moved to Juvenille Detention Centers -
Auburn Prison
Many inmates committed suicide or had several mental breakdowns -
The United States
The U.S had two of the best prisons in the world, both of which were in Pensylvania. -
Eastern Lunatic Asylum
Williamsburg, Virginia, first publiclly supported Psychiatric Hospital in The States. -
Prison Reform Begins
Prison Reform begins in 1870 after free women started protesting and leading campains to seperate women from men in prisons. -
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First Phase of Prison Reform
Started in the MidWest and spread to the North, created and spread the idea of seperate prisons to states and groups alike. Some prisons started but not as many as the group wanted. -
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Second Phase of Prison Reform
17 female prisons founded in U.S, strongest in Midwest and North from earlier starts, the Reform began too lose energy in 1930. -
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Harmful Treatments Begin
Asylum patients and prisoners were put under new treatments such as lobotomies and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) which lead to many harmful injuries and sometimes left patients on their deathbed. Many patients, however, were able to return to daily life with their original problems gone. -
Ideal Reformatory Plan
Three element plan:
1. "cottage": female criminals could be rehibilitated through training with proper ladies
2. Theory that females should focus on reforming than on felonies
3. Made it possible to hold prisoners no matter how small the crime for many years -
Prison Reform Ends
Prison Reform Ends due to the Depression causing many areas to become unable to sustain the new prisons and keep the Reform going. The Reform's rapid success ultimately lead to their downfall as well, the Reform's goals were met, however, and the new theories were kept as well as they could. -
Asylums
Asylums begin closing down due to the antipsychiatry movement, feminism, political suspicion, and patient (ex and current) protest. Some patients were allowed drugs to help them but many ended up homeless and treatmentless, patients seemed forgotten and would often go 'mad'. -
Last Asylum Closed
The Last Asylum closed in 1993, ending all mental hopsitals for good. Some of the buildings were turned into museums or were bought out and turned into hospitals, prisons, or homes.
