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Nonviolent, mentally ill people were imprisoned with violent criminals, abusive and unsanitary living conditions, and developing mental problems from solitary confinement.

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Goals: to change the way people were treated in prisons for minor crimes, especially children and the mentally ill.

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Goals: to change the way people were treated in prisons for minor crimes, especially children and the mentally ill.

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Experiences that lead them to be involved:

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Experiences that lead them to be involved:

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Taught Sunday school for women at East Chambridge jail, where she noticed how the mentally ill weren’t getting the right treatment

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Reformers visited prisons to gather data for their cases. They got information for their reports and took it to the State legislatures where they voted to make asylums for the mentally ill.

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Dorothea noticed how mentally ill weren’t treated right, so she met together with doctors and created a petetion in Massachusetts for Asylums.

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Created new mental asylums with increased funding, more mentally ill were admitted, and less cruel treatment in prisons.

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Dorothea Dix - The Face of the Mental Health Reform

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It increased funding in Asylums, and punishments for prisoners and patients weren’t as harsh.