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Prison and Asylum

By Silas.Starr

  • First Asylum/Hospital

    First Asylum/Hospital
    The first hospital opened in 1753 (Philadelphia) and handle many types of patients. 6 of the patients at the time had a mental illness of some sort.

  • Concern increases

    The concern for the lifestyle of the mentally ill in these asylums begins to increase.

  • Juvenile Detention

    After the war of 1812, children prisoners were sentenced to a juvenile detention center rather than the vigorous lifestyle of the prison system.

  • Auburn System

    Auburn System
    The Auburn system in 1821 caused 80 men to commit suicide due to the living conditions inside the prison. Hours of work on end and pure silence at night led to pushing them over the edge.

  • Dorothea Dix: Part one

    Dorothea Dix: Part one
    Dorothea Dix first observes the mentally ill. stood in front of the Massachusetts legislation and brought up the rising issues on America's current prison system. While they were locked up, they could not earn money to repay their debts. As a result, they were imprisoned for years. She brought up how the sick and insane people were locked up and confined in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, and pens.

  • Official US Asylum and Prison Reform

    Official US Asylum and Prison Reform
    Dorothea Dix; She began the crusade for humane hospitals for the insane in 1841. Dorothea and other reformers believed that the mentally ill needed treatment and care, not punishment.

  • Land-Grant Bill For Indigent Insane Persons

    Land-Grant Bill For Indigent Insane Persons
    Dorothea Dix influences the Land-Grant Bill where 12 million acres of federal land was set aside for the building of Mental Illness facilities.

  • Death of Dorothea Dix

    Death of Dorothea Dix
    After Dorothea's death in 1887, state governments no longer put people in debt into prisons. The Asylums decided to make a unique justice system for children in trouble, and outlaw cruel punishments,

  • Asylum's Expanding

    Asylum's Expanding
    By 1905, asylum had grown to be able to house over 100 thousand patients. By this time, asylums were being built all over the US not just in Pennsylvania.

  • Present Time Notes

    Present Time Notes
    In today's terms for government prisons, the main purpose for the locked up are deterrence, incapacitate, rehabilitation, retribution, and restitution.