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| demolished = | | demolished = | ||
| current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]] | | current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]] | ||
− | | building_style = [[Kirkbride Planned Institutions|Kirkbride Plan]] | + | | building_style = [[Kirkbride Planned Institutions|Kirkbride Plan]] |
| architect(s) = | | architect(s) = | ||
| location = St. Joseph, MO | | location = St. Joseph, MO | ||
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*State Lunatic Asylum #2 | *State Lunatic Asylum #2 | ||
*Missouri State Hospital for the Insane | *Missouri State Hospital for the Insane | ||
− | *Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation (Current | + | *Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation (Current) |
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By the early 1990’s the majority of the patients of the asylum had been released back into society with the help of modern medications. In August, 1994, the state of Missouri approved a bond that allowed for the large asylum campus and hospital to be converted into a correctional facility. By July, 1997 a new state-of-the-art building was completed across the street from the original campus and the new Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation opened with 108 beds. | By the early 1990’s the majority of the patients of the asylum had been released back into society with the help of modern medications. In August, 1994, the state of Missouri approved a bond that allowed for the large asylum campus and hospital to be converted into a correctional facility. By July, 1997 a new state-of-the-art building was completed across the street from the original campus and the new Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation opened with 108 beds. | ||
− | It was also in 1997 that Glore’s Psychiatric Museum was forced to move from the campus and soon relocated to a 1968 building that once served as a clinic for patients at the mental hospital, which now sits right outside the prison fence. The Western Reception Diagnostic and Correctional Center opened on the old asylum campus in 1999, now confining over 1,800 inmates.<ref>[http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ From the LEGENDS OF AMERICA web site]</ref> | + | It was also in 1997 that Glore’s Psychiatric Museum was forced to move from the campus and soon relocated to a 1968 building that once served as a clinic for patients at the mental hospital, which now sits right outside the prison fence. The Western Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center opened on the old asylum campus in 1999, now confining over 1,800 inmates.<ref>[http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ From the LEGENDS OF AMERICA web site]</ref> |
== Images of St. Joseph State Hospital == | == Images of St. Joseph State Hospital == |