PRISON AND ASYLUM REFORM

GOALS

• Main: Improving conditions in prisons and asylums(Davidson and Stoff)
• Seperating genders in prison(Larsen)
• Creating a separate prison for children(Larsen)
• Creating better treatments for the mentally challenged(Prison Reforms)
• Creating a place to put challenged people(Prison Reforms)

IMPORTANT EVENTS

• Report by Dorothea Dix convinces Massachusetts legislature to fund new mental hospital(Prison and Asylum Reforms)
• First publicly supported mental hospital opens in 1841(Prison Reforms)
• Dr. John Galt creates talk therapy to help treat patients(Prison Reforms)
• Seperation of genders in prison begins(Prison Reforms)
• William Tuke helps patients self control, helping people understand conditions of patients(Prison Reforms)

The prison and asylum reform completely changed the way prisons and asylums were run. Asylums before the reform were very cruel with patients often hanging in chains(U.S. History). The movement allowed the development of new asylums and many new forms of treatments that still exist today. Furthermore, without the reform challenged people would still be seen as demons. Along with that, prisons were changed. The different genders were separated and children were placed in different buildings(U.S. history). Overall, prisons were changed drastically and are still changing today. This reform has changed the way all detained people are cared for and continues to change today.

(New England Historical Society)

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