The Dark Story of the Cage Made to "Calm" Patients: Utica State Hospital

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  @HallwaysOfTimeYT · 4 weeks ago · pinned

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  @Germanator4884 · 1 month ago

  Outstanding!! &nbsp;Thank you!!<br>Current Resident of Oneida County, Utica, NY <br>To know the benevolence of this hallmark standing today is heartwarming!

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  @loua1519 · 1 month ago

  And now they&apos;re left loose on the streets to terrorize the rest of us. I&apos;d much prefer they were locked up for our safety.

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  @nicholebartlett8928 · 1 month ago

  My hometown! I love this building, it&apos;s fascinating. Looking forward to watching this.

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  @elizabethkeller2665 · 1 month ago

  Appreciate your documentaries. It’s very informative and non-biased. Very factual. I appreciate that.

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  @lindyc.2552 · 1 month ago (edited)

  When I was 12 years old in 1972, my father was committed to one of the state mental hospitals for six months because of a nervous breakdown.<br>I don&apos;t know if it was this hospital or not.<br>I just remember that when my mother made us kids (my two brothers and myself) go with her to visit him there from our home in Syracuse, that we would pass the Oriskany battlefield.<br>I hated going there to see him!<br>Because he was not acting mentally healthy he scared me and I didn&apos;t want to be around him.<br>Walking into the big, coldly sterile building also was frightening for a kid.<br>I don&apos;t remember much about these forced visits, other than I hated it.<br>😢

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• MI

  @mikefoster6127 · 4 weeks ago

  When i was a kid i launched roman candles out of my bike forks at that building. It seems to be very amusing for some inmates.

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  @kimhohlmayer7018 · 2 weeks ago

  I’m claustrophobic, especially being unable to move my arms and feeling trapped. That would leave me permanently mentally traumatized!

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  @DanielDishaw · 1 month ago

  Some so called mental health professionals are still using and encouraging use of enclosed boxes for calming of persons with mental illness or disabilities. In an area of Northern New York a school was attempting to use the BOX. Luckily people reported it and community reacted [ Mohawk Reservation] .

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  @JordanSynakowski · 1 month ago

  No shit I live like 5 blocks away from this place!!! Whenever I go past it I ALWAYS get like a creepy feeling!!! 1 night I was walking home from work at like 10pm and I had to walk past this building and on the back side of it out of the 100s of windows there was 1 window that had a light on it it on but it was like a dim light it wasn&apos;t bright at all really and that shit freaked me the fuck out🤣🤣🤣

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  @elizabethkeller2665 · 1 month ago

  Could you do this for Clark County hospital in wood county in Wisconsin, and also Winnebago hospital in Wisconsin? <br>Please. <br>Thank you.

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  @poorsusanliber · 1 month ago

  Have you done Rome State School yet? &nbsp;I visited there long ago when they were closing down as i worked at an ARC. Many of our folks came from there.

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