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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
So Western State was a looney bin, er, secured facility? Because the occupants of a cemetery pretty much already had their tickets punched, except in the movies.
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Neither. It was, and is, a psychiatric facility. At one point the mentally ill were sent there simply so everyone else could pretend they didn't exist. They lived and died there. Now they live there and get some care - it's primarily for longer term 'treatment' than the other facilities in the state. It's also where the judge will send mentally-ill criminals where they can 'recover' so that they can be sent to a regular prison or be executed.