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Subject is exactly mental hospital
First New York World Telegram and Sun article written as part of Michael Mok's series, "I Was A Mental Patient At Kings County."

"I Was a Mental Patient" - Michael Mok - New York World-Telegram & Sun

One of a number of high-impact undercover investigations undertaken by the New York World Telegram & Sun in the 1960s, including Woody Klein's worst tenement series, Dale Wright's migrant workers series, and George N. Allen's Undercover Teacher. Mok's series won the prestigious Albert Lasker Medical Journalism Award and the Heywood Broun Memorial Award.
Ward referenced in Frank Sutherland's article, "Personal Experience: Central State Conditions Found Poor."

Central State Psychiatric Hospital Exposé - Frank Sutherland - Nashville Tennessean

Frank Sutherland spends a month at Central State Psychiatric Hospital in Nashville, exposing its inadequate condition. The newspaper first determined there was an empty bed before having him admitted, so as not to take up a needed place, and Sutherland left without notice, but the newspaper alerted authorities on his departure, so no police time would be spent searching for him.

New York World Telegram and Sun