Asylum Scandals: Abuse, Torture, Corruption and Murder in Minnesota's State Hospitals

by Patricia Lubeck

Insane asylums have a horrific history. Originally intended to provide a place to keep away "madness" within society, asylums eventually paved the way for medical professionals to study patients with mental illness. The asylums were palatial buildings surrounded with vast landscaped grounds and beautiful vistas. Due to overcrowding, untrained staff, and corrupt administrators, these institutions gradually became places of squalor and negligence. State...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977256902
• ISBN13: 9781977256904
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"