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==History==
 
==History==
Operated at the Kansas State Penitentiary (now Lansing Correctional Facility) due to problems from state hospitals with escapes and assaults by those found to be "criminally insane". A separate wing was constructed in 1911, demolished at an unknown date.
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Operated at the Kansas State Penitentiary (now Lansing Correctional Facility) due to problems from state hospitals with escapes and assaults by those found to be "criminally insane". A separate wing was constructed in 1911, demolished at an unknown date. In 1939 49 inmates were transferred to a new facility at [[Larned State Hospital]] to house them.
  
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==Sources==
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Biennial Report of the Medical Department of Kansas State Penitentiary, ''Journal of the Kansas Medical Society, Volume 16, Pages 232-234''. https://archive.org/details/journalofkansasm1619kans/page/232/mode/2up
  
 
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Latest revision as of 11:42, 7 February 2022

Kansas Hospital for the Dangerous Insane
Established 1908
Opened 1912
Closed 1939
Current Status Demolished
Building Style Single Building
Location Lansing, KS
Alternate Names
  • Lansing State Hospital for Criminally Insane



History[edit]

Operated at the Kansas State Penitentiary (now Lansing Correctional Facility) due to problems from state hospitals with escapes and assaults by those found to be "criminally insane". A separate wing was constructed in 1911, demolished at an unknown date. In 1939 49 inmates were transferred to a new facility at Larned State Hospital to house them.

Sources[edit]

Biennial Report of the Medical Department of Kansas State Penitentiary, Journal of the Kansas Medical Society, Volume 16, Pages 232-234. https://archive.org/details/journalofkansasm1619kans/page/232/mode/2up