>The abuse that still happens in these types of institutions is obscene. I would like to see some good studies on this. I do wonder if the scale of the problem

>The abuse that still happens in these types of institutions is obscene. I would like to see some good studies on this. I do wonder if the scale of the problem was really as large as you make it out to be. I suspect not. It also raises the question why not simply implement better policy and better oversight, instead of wholesale closure, which as you argued, is much worse.