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what did prisons and lunatic asylums used to be like prior to the great wakening
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Dorothea Dix was a member of what is called the asylum movement. This movement was trying to remedy the abysmal treatment of the mentally ill in prisons by having state asylums built for them. A result of this movement was the creation of 32 asylums in the United States.
We protest against the ever-mounting cost to the world of asylums, prisons, homes for the feeble-minded, and such institutions for the unfit.
its like when you are in a plain room all by yourself for a long time. Its used in insane asylums and old prisons. Used as punishment and sorts
Prisons use burglar alarm systems to help keep inmates from entering sensitive areas of prisons. They are used to control the movements of inmates while they are incarcerated.
what led the north to reform movements was the hardships they endured such as,alcohol consumption , illiteracy, and overcrowded prisons.
Dorothea Dix was included in the group of reformers and activists who advocated for the improvement of mental health care and the treatment of mentally ill individuals in the United States during the 19th century. She played a crucial role in bringing attention to the deplorable conditions in mental asylums and worked tirelessly to establish more humane treatment facilities and programs for the mentally ill.
Dorothy Dix was horrified at the treatment of the mentally insane, and pushed for more humane treatments for those in insane asylums and prisons. There is a mental hospital named after her in North Carolina.
Movements to reform prisons and mental hospitals.
what led the north to reform movements was the hardships they endured such as,alcohol consumption , illiteracy, and overcrowded prisons.
"prisons of nationalities."