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|Body= [[Camarillo State Hospital|Camarillo State Mental Hospital]], also known as Camarillo State Hospital,was a psychiatric hospital for both developmentally disabled and mentally ill patients in Camarillo, California. The hospital closed in 1997. The site has been redeveloped as the California State University, Channel Islands. The University has retained the distinctive Mission Revival Style architecture, and the distinctive bell tower in the South quad is now the symbol of the university.
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|Body= The third major cog in British Columbia’s psychiatric apparatus was the [[Colquitz Mental Hospital|Provincial Mental Home, Colquitz,]] which opened its doors in 1919 and functioned until 1964 as a containment facility for men who were considered ‘criminally insane,’ or who were characterized as either too dangerous to house in the mainland psychiatric institutions, or too disordered to be interned in the federal or provincial prison systems. At it's peak it held over 300 inmates.
 
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Revision as of 04:49, 9 June 2014

Featured Image Of The Week

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The third major cog in British Columbia’s psychiatric apparatus was the Provincial Mental Home, Colquitz, which opened its doors in 1919 and functioned until 1964 as a containment facility for men who were considered ‘criminally insane,’ or who were characterized as either too dangerous to house in the mainland psychiatric institutions, or too disordered to be interned in the federal or provincial prison systems. At it's peak it held over 300 inmates.