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Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane

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Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane was established in 1892 as the Matteawan State Hospital by an 1892 law, Matteawan functioned as a hospital for insane criminals. The new hospital confined and treated individuals committed to it by criminal courts and inmates who were declared insane while serving their sentences at State institutions. The Superintendent of State Prisons had control over the hospital.
  • Early history 

  • First U.S. female officer killed 

  • Change to new treatment methods 

  • Recreation 

  • Notable inmates 

  • Present day use