Hell no and yes. Asylums in the post were often horrid places of torture and severe lack of productive treatment. (Here I define productive treatment, as tre

Hell no and yes. Asylums in the post were often horrid places of torture and severe lack of productive treatment. (Here I define productive treatment, as treatment tailored for the patient with an aim of improving their quality fo life and their ability to cope. It might very well not be able to make the patient able to function in society but it can help give them a better life) We have this in a different form now in prisons. Due to lack of universal healthcare and for-profit prisons and "what the hell todo" Prisons are today's asylums, and it has a severe lack of productive treatment. Good, appropriate care in a safe environment, for both the patient, health workers and society. This works for the majority of cases. Then you have a small group of patients who are downright dangerous for all. They can either be kept in a mental health hospital and drugged into a calmer state (not ideal), or be kept in prison or prison like surroundings (not ideal). For them we do not yet have an ideal model of treatment that does not impose a severe treath to personell.