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This video shows the history of insane asylums in the United States. Please note that this is not meant to discredit any facilities but to shed light on experiences from the past.

Skip to 1:03 for talk (Toured 70 Hospitals in 30 States)

For more than half the nation's history, vast mental hospitals were a prominent feature of the American landscape. From the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth, over 250 institutions for the insane were built throughout the United States; by 1948, they housed more than a half million patients.

José Galvan runs one of Mexico's only insane asylums. In dreadful conditions, it houses patients who have been forgotten by both society and, often, their own families.

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Take an exclusive tour through the grounds and buildings of the abandoned Central State Mental Institution in Indianapolis first opened in November, 1848 with a total of five patients. At that time, the hospital consisted of one brick building situated on a large parcel of land of over 100 acres (0.40 km2) on Washington Street, west of downtown Indianapolis.

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In 1768, the first U.S asylum was opened. Throughout this time period many right were violated. According to the Eighth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution the patients had the right to no cruel or unusual punishments.