While many of these people need help, the institutions were closed because they were rife with abuse. It's a playground for predators. If their victims attempt

While many of these people need help, the institutions were closed because they were rife with abuse. It's a playground for predators. If their victims attempt to speak up, you have the choice between believing the "sane" person or the person that is so mentally disabled that they need to be in an institution. > These are sick people that need shelter and help There is a large amount of literature on how said institutions didn't provide much help other than sedating people and subjecting them to procedures like lobotomy for diagnosis such as "mild" as depression.