GEORGIA LUNATIC ASYLUM a.k.a Central State Hospital Milledgeville, Georgia
The following images present the darker side in the history of treating Psychiatric patients. Although the Items project inhumane treatment within the medical field this Instituion agrees that all aspects must be equally and fairly recognized. So what was the brighter side? An extremely larger number of Asylum residents off the streets with amenities and no longer homeless. "INSANITY CAN BE STRANGELY LIBERATING" * CLICK IMAGES TO VIEW LARGER *
Keys made secretly by Asylum Inmates
Medical Tools used for Lobotomy Recipients
Asylum equipment used for Brain "Shock Therapy"
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The above image is of myself holding an "old style" Strait Jacket that is secured by laces (missing on this one) rather than buckles and straps. Note the bed behind me. If a patient was noted for wandering the corridors of the Asylum then the Orderlies would place the same type bed upside down on top of the patient's own bed and create a small holding cell while confining the patient.