Kansas Hospital for the Dangerous Insane

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Kansas Hospital for the Dangerous Insane
Established 1908
Opened 1911
Current Status Demolished
Building Style Single Building
Location Lansing, KS
Alternate Names
  • Lansing State Hospital for Criminally Insane



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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