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Pennhurst State School and Hospital, originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic was a state-run institution for mentally and physically disabled individuals of Southeastern Pennsylvania located in Spring City. [4] After 79 years of controversy, it closed on December 9, 1987. [5]
Aerial view of the Pennhurst State School and Hospital campus, 1922. The Pennhurst campus in 1922. Assembly Hall, Penn Hall and Devon Hall had not been built yet. And Commonwealth Drive apparently ended at Mayflower Hall.
In 1974, Terri Lee Halderman and her family sued Pennhurst State School and Hospital for multiple incidents of abuse and the violation of the residents' civil rights. [14] This was the first federal lawsuit against a state institution. The District Court ruled that the patient's rights were violated and the institution must be closed. [15]
The District Court decision was the first time that any federal court ruled that an institution must be closed based on a constitutional right to community services. [5] [6] Panel discussion, "The Disability Rights Movement: From Pennhurst Until Today", U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Washington, D.C., 27 June 2016.
The crew visits the abandoned Pennhurst State School and Hospital, a former mental asylum in Spring City, Pennsylvania, that closed its doors in 1987. 19: 3
By 2003, the Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry site was a complete and utter ruin. Graffiti covered every buildings exterior and interior, every window was smashed, and anything flammable remaining when the hospital closed was in ashes.
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Pennhurst station was a former train station in the borough of Spring City, Pennsylvania. It served as a station for the Pennsylvania Railroad . It was originally built to accommodate the Pennhurst State School and Hospital .