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this picture looks very desolate, like from a time long forgotten. It's rather sad the treatment that many recieved in these places over the years, only to be burried as a number is a forgotten grave plot, i've read that many families actually left their unwanted loved ones in places to rot. great picture, it really captures the mood
K9MIND
Thu 11-03-2005
It really is sad. i work in a mental health facility and some of our clients stayed here for a long time. one was actually here from the time he was three until he was in his forties. His mother who was mentally ill was admitted after police found her and almost frozen to death in an alley. Rather then take the time to find shelter for him in an orphanige they kept him here. even after his mother died. i can't imagine a lonley way to grow up...and i often wonder if the surroundings he lived in for so long so ignored is the reason why he needs to be seen where i work...
Kay D
Fri 11-04-2005
I wonder if people are still institutionalized for large periods of time anymore, or if they are all done by out patient or half way homes. I have heard that some of the old kirkbride asylums are still functioning.
K9MIND
Sat 11-05-2005
The short answer is that there are fewer and fewer people in non-geriatric long-term residential care facilities.

How's THAT for the shortest answer I have ever given here to a potentially political question? :-) :-) :-) :-)
Lynne
Sun 11-06-2005
I'm sorry, but I wasn't intending to be political, I only ask because I am writting a fiction story with an asylum and I'm doing alot of research for it, I saw this site and looking at Letchworth inspired me to write it, so any and all tid bits of patient stories or info is well accepted :-)
K9MIND
Sun 11-06-2005
Hello, darlin'. I didn't mean you specifically. Institutionalization is such a hot-button topic these days that for anyone to talk about it "in public" means they are going to be skewered, whichever side of the issue they take.
Lynne
Sun 11-06-2005
Fantastic light stream!
Through The Lens
Wed 01-04-2006
Real nice picture.
Nancy
Sat 06-10-2006
I noticed that no one has commented on this picture since 2006. It's like this gallery has been abandoned like the facility. This is a beautiful photo. It says so much in a simple way.
Larry D
Tue 11-30-2010

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