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The violent ward was generally an entire wing or a separate section of a facility. Most of the other sections had seclusion rooms as well; just not as many of them. If someone became overly agitated, one of the options was to take them to a seclusion room so they would have a chance to calm themselves down away from the stimulation of the other folks and also for the protection of the other folks and/or staff. These rooms were more common before the days of psychotropic medications. Your options back then if someone was getting agitated were pretty much limited to straightjackets, pack, tubs, or seclusion rooms.

It almost feels welcoming..........

You mention Blair Witch 2-I can't find the movie---
my email is whalen22003@yahoo.com-could you let me know where you found the movie??

thanks!

I keep thinking-you enter the door and you keep getting smaller and smaller............

'Tis true, 'tis true! The Kellogg Sanitarium in Battle Creek Michigan was one of the more expensive places to go for R & R.

I "collect" old institutions, and there are/were several interesting ones in South Dakota - the "State Training School and Juvenile Prison" in Plankinton, the "Yankton State Hospital for the Insane" in Yankton, the "Northern Hospital for the Feeble-Minded" in Redfield, and the "Hiawatha Insane Asylum for Indians" in Canton. Don't know if any are still in operation.

This is an amazing shot!
Thanks!

"People who was held hostege" - chuckle chuckle. :-)

my grandfather used to build houses and his staircases were like this one. I haven't seen one outside of where we live.

Dumb asses?
Who the fuck even cared if you were dead, WHOEVER you are?

I wonder how many hands touched that bannister and wall either on their way to or from class!

it is very comfortable. Like giving a big hug to yourself

the pointy things at the top of the fence would make me wanna not jump over the side o.o

Very symbolic: A prison that's nearly impossible to escape laying on the floor of a prison that was (I imagine) nearly impossible to escape.

Lynne, just out of curiousity, what exactly does it feel like being in a straight jacker (if you know). I've always wondered about it, to the point of almost buying one online for more money than I had available. I always thought they looked kind of comforting, warm, and safe, and I think it would work pretty quick to calm me down. How far off am I?