PRISON and ASYLUM REFORM

One day in 1841, a woman in Boston called Dorothea Dix agreed to put the Sunday school in prison. What she witnessed on that day changed her life forever. She was frightened to know that many prisoners were tied in the cage and trapped in the cage. Children accused of minor theft are imprisoned by adult criminals. She wants to know if the situation in other places is really bad.

To investigate, she visited a prison and a prison in Massachusetts. She also visited a debtor's prison and a prison for debt. Creditor Most of the thousands of Americans in prison owes less than $ 20. When they are trapped, they can not earn money by paying their debts. As a result, they were imprisoned for many years

Dorothy 's most striking aspect is the treatment of psychotic patients. Most of the people who were judged to be "crazy" were housed in dirty, densely packed cells. If they do the wrong action, they will be whipped. Dorothy and other reformers believe that people with mental illness need treatment and care rather than punishment. Massachusetts State has private shelter or hospital services for people with mental disorders. However, only wealthy people have the ability to send their families

For two years, she quietly gathered direct information on the terrorism incident she saw and created a detailed report for the Massachusetts State Council. "I am helpless, forgotten, crazy and a foolish supporter of men and women," she said. Ask them to simply appeal to you as a gentleman, gentleman, cage, closet, wine cellar, booth, fence to pay attention to the current crazy state! I voted to establish a public shelter for people with disabilities.

Inspired by her success, she also visited other state prisons. These provinces also set up a special mental hospital after she prepared a report calling for justice for mentally disabled people. She continues reform for the rest of my life. When she died in 1887, the provincial government is no longer imprisoning the debtor. Most people have established a special judicial system for problematic children Many people forbid the cruel punishment such as using hot irons for brand people. By 1835, the United States was considered to have two of the best prisons in the world in Pennsylvania. Amazingly, reformers from Europe regard the new country as a model for building, using and refining their systems. Supporters of prisoners believe that delusions may change and that staying in prisons may have a positive impact. In the early nineteenth century, this was a revolutionary idea that society was responsible for criminal acts, treating ignored children, and rehabilitating alcoholics, not individuals.

The prison advocacy center is a nationwide nonprofit organization specializing in awareness raising and reform of mental health, prisons and prisons are "new evacuation centers" in the United States. In the 2017 report "Empty the New Shelter", it is estimated that nearly 400,000 prisoners in the US prison and prison - victims of mental health in 2016 are about 17% -. At the same time, the total state population of US state hospitals is only 37,679

At the petition of Dorothea Dix, psychiatric hospitals are required to work hard in order to heal sickly spirits based on kindness and respect. Shelters were created to help the recovery and reconstruction of mentally unstable patients. Many psychiatric patients were removed from prison and placed in these shelters. Dick continues to work to improve the care of people with mental disorders. It is her main concern because she is expanding her efforts to prison reforms carried out shortly after the asylum reform efforts. Today is still an important issue and has changed dramatically since the era of Dorothy Dix's reform. Dorothy Dix 's reform was part of the reform movement before the war, including reform of gender role, major reform movement of the era, abolition etc.

For several years before the Civil War, the northern part of the United States was full of social change movements. Reformists and reform groups are involved in prisons, evacuation centers, orphanages, etc. for the purpose of reforming public schools, eliminating social problems such as prostitution and alcohol abuse, strengthening family life, reforming systems to support the poor We established a new institution. Many of these reform agendas have contemporary rivals that redefine welfare, attack drug abuse and spousal abuse, and try to suppress crime. But the two most controversial reform campaigns and even the most serious reform movement based on American society are campaigns to abolish slavery and women's equality.