![]() ![]() Author Mab Segrest seeks to tell the patients’ stories through the founding of Georgia and the asylum, post-Civil War and Reconstruction, the advent of the convict lease system, and the evolution of psychiatric treatment in the US. ![]() Administrations of Lunacy unpacks the history of this iconic and infamous Southern institution. It’s now known as Central State Hospital, Georgia’s custodial center for justice system referrals. Opened in 1842, the Georgia State Lunatic, Idiot, and Epileptic Asylum grew to an expansive 2,000 acres, 200 buildings, and 12,000 patients. Milledgeville, Georgia was once home to the largest mental asylum in the world. ![]()
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