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minus-squareUranus_Hz@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-24 months agoTBH, the mental hospitals were a mess and rife with abuse. But rather that invest money into improving them, he got rid of them by branding it “de-institutionalization”. Made it sound like he was freeing people.
minus-squarePeripheralGhost@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI recall seeing that exposé Geraldo Rivera did on Staten Island’s Willowbrook State School. Wild.
TBH, the mental hospitals were a mess and rife with abuse.
But rather that invest money into improving them, he got rid of them by branding it “de-institutionalization”. Made it sound like he was freeing people.
I recall seeing that exposé Geraldo Rivera did on Staten Island’s Willowbrook State School. Wild.