Abuse and Neglect

Search

Join us on Facebook

Subscribe to this feed

Abuse and Neglect

Comments:
Add a comment:

Your Name: * (Required)
Your Email: (Optional. will not be posted here)
Your Web Address: (Optional. will be posted here)
Your Comment: * (Required. Limited to 300 characters)

please enter the text from the image on the left:

go to page: 1 2

Susan	12/05/2012
Thank God we have reporters/lawyers to bring to light / stop atrocities like Pennhurst. Amazing it took 20 years after 1968 expose /class action lawsuit to close Pennhurst. US is suppd be nation that pioneered human rights so how did this abuse exist in our own backyard for 80 yrs.
The Book Store	11/28/2012
@Kimberly W - it should be preserved and remembered to help ensure it will never be repeated. Like it or not this happened. Eugenics. Social engineering. Cleansing of the gene pool. Not in Nazi Germany - right here in America.
Kimberly W.	10/28/2012
I honestly don't think these buildings should be preserved. I think they should be leveled to the ground. What happened here was a live horror story, one that should never be repeated. I think something beautiful should be built here.A place where the souls could finally be at rest.
Doreen Piotrowski	07/24/2012
Wow! Cool video! Ironically, now that this place is a commercial haunted house it's not nearly as creepy as it appears here. I wish I could have seen it like this!
Doctor K	02/01/2012
@Shirley I know in hindsight it doesn't make sense. But in those days the conditions in places like Pennhurst weren't public knowledge, and doctors and teachers would recommend institutions for children with disabilities. Everyone believed the child would lead a better life there.
Shirley Carter	11/01/2011
Watching the videos brings tears to my eyes, all the children that were left and neglected and left behind. My father told me about his nephew that was taken and left at a mental hospital, his parents never returning. How sad, how can parents leave their children as if they never existed.
Virginia Befort	10/24/2011
I had a cousin who died there in 1956. She was 14 years old and I remember being told that she died of heart problems. I thought that strange at the time. Now, reading and seeing all this info about Pennhurst, it makes me so sad to think of what she must have endured.
a person who cares	08/11/2011
I work with clients that resided in pennhurst for many years, some rather not share there time in pennhurst, others strive to educate others with their experience there. It is so rewarding to be able to work with such amazing clients. I am truely heart broken to have to know what they went through.
Donna	10/17/2010
I am the sister of two mentally disabled brothers, one of whom spent lots of years in an institution like to Pennhurst. It is well good that all are saddened/ashamed by what went on there but most people with disabilities will need some level of care all of their lives. Step up. Stop looking away.
Edward	09/13/2010
I just saw a documentary on Pennhurst last night. Basically it was a dumping ground for people society could not deal with. The sad part is it wasnt that long ago. There were angels that worked there but also truly evil people
Melanie	07/11/2010
I have treated and cared for those with mental illness and mental disabilites. I believe anyone with any type of illness or disability should have a nurturing environment to grow in. They'll surprise you with their capabilities.
Marc Reed	06/18/2010
@voices - they were well intentioned. But the problem wasn't lack of staff. It was that the whole notion of segregating and institutionalizing handicapped people was a bad idea from the start. The Pennhurst decision proved disabled people pose no threat, and our society can and must include them
voices	06/17/2010
Places like these were well intentioned. The problem is that they did not have enough people to work in them. If you have ever worked with individuals such as this you get to know how abusive and violent they are to the people who try to help them.
Wesley	06/09/2010
Me,and 2 of my brothers have autism. If Pennhurst opens back up, how do we know that the same things wont happen again? I believe that we should just clean it up and keep it a historical building.
Ike	01/29/2010
I'm not amazed. Corruption in disguise is what will always happen when people know how to hide everything until it's too late to take it all back saddly nothing can be done at that point. What we can do now is not let history repeat itself, and learn from this. For the good of everyone.

go to page: 1 2

Want to leave a comment?