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Hell behind bolted gates- the tragic fates of Essex's asylum patients

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1887+ words) THEY were the original ‘safe spaces’, or at least they were supposed to be. Places where people with mental health problems could receive ‘moral treatment’. Places where straight jackets and metal chains made way for humane therapies. Life, however, for…...