I don't know what conditions were like in *this* place, but in modern psych hospitals/wards, you get bars of soap or tiny travel-sized bottles. You can also bring your own, and there are always plenty of clean linens. I was never in a place that hosed people down, but I can understand the temptation. Some people just refused to bathe, for one reason or another, and sitting next to them at meal times was not a pleasant experience.

Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny. Good Lord, do you all know how incredibly boring these places are? Whenever I wasn't writing I would draw cubes. Does that have some deep psychological meaning?

I've been in four different hospitals and the shower heads all look almost exactly the same as this. Some are even smaller, and yes, they're designed to prevent suicide attempts. The shower floors are mostly of the locker-room variety, though at least now people are given a modicum of privacy.