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|1=April 19, 2010 [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-cuts_19met.ART0.State.Edition1.4c50e01.html Proposal to cut 50 beds at Terrell State Hospital draws concern]
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|1=February 7, 2016 [http://www.nonpareilonline.com/news/local/clarinda-struggles-to-fill-former-hospital/article_5a2612fa-10ff-5047-9f59-080d06bf58b7.html Clarinda struggles to fill former hospital]
|2= A proposal to cut 50 beds at the region's public psychiatric hospital is generating concern from North Texas officials. The loss of 50 beds at the 300-bed [[Terrell State Hospital]] is one of many proposed cuts to close a state budget gap of up to $15 billion. But local officials said it would be one of the most painful.
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|2=The 128-year-old former mental health institute in the small southwest Iowa city of Clarinda isn’t your typical real estate opportunity, and so far no one is rushing to move in. More than seven months after the state closed the Clarinda Mental Health Institute, much of the sprawling building remains empty, including entire floors that haven’t been used in decades.
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|1=April 18, 2010 [http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100418/NEWS02/100417007 Vermont State Hospital's future still in limbo]
 
|2= The Senate Institutions Committee wants to set aside $15 million from a one-time allocation of extra federal Medicaid money to cover the cost of constructing a 15-bed secure residential facility for some patients now at the [[Vermont State Hospital]].
 
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|1=April 14, 2010 [http://www.wolo.com/article.php?id=3007&page=news Hidden Columbia: The S.C. State Hospital - Part 3]
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|1=February 1, 2016 [http://www.pjstar.com/article/20160201/NEWS/160209955 Efforts continue to preserve other parts of former Peoria State Hospital grounds]
|2= In part 3 of Anderson Burns' series on the S.C. State Hospital, he chronicles the demise of conditions at the asylum following the Civil War.
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|2=Christina Morris happily remembers Sunday morning breakfasts with her grandparents, followed by visits to the peaceful cemeteries on the grounds of the Peoria State Hospital, where some family members are buried. “My interest with the state hospital started when I was about 7 years old,” Morris said in a recent interview. “When I would come onto the grounds (my grandfather) would say that this was a place of special people. (By special) I thought he meant giants, because these buildings were so big and beautiful and immaculate to me. I just was enamored by how beautiful it was.
 
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|1=April 11, 2010 [http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100411/LIFE/4110305/1001/news Video: A peek inside the state hospital]
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|2= A Portland State University professor's documentary, which people can catch today, looks at [[Oregon State Hospital]] and its people.
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|1=January 7, 2016 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sterilization-united-states_568f35f2e4b0c8beacf68713?utm_hp_ref=latino-voices&ir=Latino%2BVoices&section=latino-voices That Time The United States Sterilized 60,000 Of Its Citizens]
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|2=Not too long ago, more than 60,000 people were sterilized in the United States based on eugenic laws. Most of these operations were performed before the 1960s in institutions for the so-called “mentally ill” or “mentally deficient.” In the early 20th century across the country, medical superintendents, legislators, and social reformers affiliated with an emerging eugenics movement joined forces to put sterilization laws on the books.
 
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|1=April 11, 2010 [http://www.telegram.com/article/20100411/NEWS/4110497/1003/NEWS03 Westboro State Hospital set to close]
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|2= [[Westborough State Hospital]] is only the latest on the list of state hospitals to be shuttered.
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|1=January, 6, 2016 [http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/01/harrisburg_state_hospital_site.html Pa. hires firm to develop plan for Harrisburg State Hospital site]
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|2= Harrisburg, PA-The state has hired a Lancaster planning company to help it figure out what to do with the former [[Harrisburg State Hospital]], which closed 10 years ago. Since closing in 2006, the hospital complex has housed state workers from the state police, Department of General Services and the Department of Human Services. It is now part of the larger DGS Annex property, which encompasses 303 acres across Harrisburg and Susquehanna Township.
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|1=April 11, 2010 [http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/04/11/1015834/200000-fire-damages-richardson.html $200,000 fire damages Richardson Complex]
 
|2= A two-alarm fire caused an estimated $200,000 in damage early Saturday to the main “towers” building at the landmark [[Buffalo State Hospital | H. H. Richardson Complex]] on Forest Avenue.
 
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|1=April 10, 2010 [http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbfo/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1634885/WBFO.News/Fire.damages.historic.Richardson.complex Fire damages historic Richardson complex]
 
|2= Fire damaged the tower of the historic [[Buffalo State Hospital | H. H. Richardson Complex]] in Buffalo early Saturday morning. Two alarms were sounded shortly after 3:00am. Firefighters confined the fire to the second floor. It caused an esimated $200,000 in damage. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
 
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|1=April 9, 2010 [http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=1522 Bryce Hospital Cemetery Memorial]
 
|2= A memorial ceremony is to be held on Sunday April 18th in honor of patients buried in the cemeteries at [[Bryce Hospital]]. The ceremony will take place in the hospital’s chapel at 2PM.
 
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|1=April 9, 2010 [http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/news/story.aspx?id=441323 Fulton state hospital workers fight for jobs]
 
|2= Union workers from the [[Fulton State Hospital]] delivered hundreds of petition cards to the governor's office on Thursday to fight to save their jobs and their services. The workers face desperate times. They've been told that, beginning fairly soon and continuing through the end of next year, as many as 200 of their colleagues could lose their jobs at the hospital.
 
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|1=April 8, 2010 [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10098/1048540-55.stm Giving new life to old hospitals]
 
|2= Built strong and with a purpose, health facilities can be difficult to transform to new uses after they are abandoned. They have sturdy floors, engineered to support heavy equipment but difficult to drill through for new wiring and plumbing. To reduce the risk of fire -- always a greater danger anywhere oxygen is being used -- many older buildings were fireproofed with asbestos.
 
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|1=April 8, 2010 [http://www.wolo.com/article.php?id=2931&page=index Hidden Columbia: The S.C. State Hospital - Part 2]
 
|2= In an age of prosperity and wealth for the Palmetto State, visionary's opened one of the first mental asylums in the nation in 1828. Anderson continues his story of the State Mental Hospital in Part 2.
 
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|1=April 7, 2010 [http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87666/ Brattleboro Retreat Hopes To Be Part Of State Hospital Replacement]
 
|2=Mental health policy makers hope to replace the [[Vermont State Hospital]] with new facilities linked to hospitals in Rutland and the Upper Valley. Vermont's oldest psychiatric facility, the [[Brattleboro Retreat]], says it should be part of the solution for the state hospital.  
 
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|1=April 6, 2010 [http://www.vpr.net/episode/48303/ What's Next For The Vermont State Hospital?]
 
|2=Federal regulators have again denied certification to the [[Vermont State Hospital]].  They say the hospital doesn't have a good system for reporting problems and the facility itself has problems like an improperly installed sink, and automatic door closer.
 
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|1=April 2, 2010 [http://www.wolo.com/article.php?id=2844&page=index Hidden Columbia: The S.C. State Hospital - Part 1]
 
|2=For over a year, the requests have been coming in for Hidden Columbia to tell the story of the old state mental hospital. Part one of a series of Hidden Columbia's opens the door to that story.  To see how and why [[South Carolina State Hospital]] was founded, click on the story in the video viewer...
 
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|1=April 1, 2010 [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10091/1047054-57.stm State nears decision on Mayview property]
 
|2=The future of the [[Mayview State Hospital]] site should come into focus in a couple of weeks as the state Department of General Services is expected to choose one of two redevelopment proposals.
 
 
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February 7, 2016 Clarinda struggles to fill former hospital

The 128-year-old former mental health institute in the small southwest Iowa city of Clarinda isn’t your typical real estate opportunity, and so far no one is rushing to move in. More than seven months after the state closed the Clarinda Mental Health Institute, much of the sprawling building remains empty, including entire floors that haven’t been used in decades.

February 1, 2016 Efforts continue to preserve other parts of former Peoria State Hospital grounds

Christina Morris happily remembers Sunday morning breakfasts with her grandparents, followed by visits to the peaceful cemeteries on the grounds of the Peoria State Hospital, where some family members are buried. “My interest with the state hospital started when I was about 7 years old,” Morris said in a recent interview. “When I would come onto the grounds (my grandfather) would say that this was a place of special people. (By special) I thought he meant giants, because these buildings were so big and beautiful and immaculate to me. I just was enamored by how beautiful it was.”

January 7, 2016 That Time The United States Sterilized 60,000 Of Its Citizens

Not too long ago, more than 60,000 people were sterilized in the United States based on eugenic laws. Most of these operations were performed before the 1960s in institutions for the so-called “mentally ill” or “mentally deficient.” In the early 20th century across the country, medical superintendents, legislators, and social reformers affiliated with an emerging eugenics movement joined forces to put sterilization laws on the books.

January, 6, 2016 Pa. hires firm to develop plan for Harrisburg State Hospital site

Harrisburg, PA-The state has hired a Lancaster planning company to help it figure out what to do with the former Harrisburg State Hospital, which closed 10 years ago. Since closing in 2006, the hospital complex has housed state workers from the state police, Department of General Services and the Department of Human Services. It is now part of the larger DGS Annex property, which encompasses 303 acres across Harrisburg and Susquehanna Township.