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monicarperkins t1_jcp88z9 wrote

Reply to comment by Plants_Golf_Cooking in Man tries to throw disabled wife in to the Boston channel by Hoosac_Love

Have you known anyone that was in one of those facilities before they shut down? Because I do. I've interviewed several of them, and put together a documentary for training purposes when I was managing group homes for DD adults. They were, in fact, VERY bad places. Look up the documentary Titicut Follies. A reporter snuck a belt camera into Bridgewater State (the psych side, not the prison side). Very eye opening.

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Plants_Golf_Cooking t1_jcp99sm wrote

I will check it out. I will also argue that the act of closing them down was far more detrimental to both those in need of care and the community at large, considering now the people that needed those facilities are likely either in prison or on the streets.

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