Institution shuts doors on dark past; Future uncertain
July 2nd, 2009From the Baltimore Sun:
The Rosewood Center, a Maryland institution that was founded in 1888 as an asylum for the “feeble-minded,” closed its doors this week after decades of criticism for abuse and neglect.
Neighboring Stevenson University has expressed an interest in taking over most of the 200-acre campus, which is filled with dilapidated buildings contaminated with lead and asbestos. One state senator has called it an “environmental cesspool.”
A 2007 survey performed by the Maryland Disability Law Center found that conditions at the facility posed “immediate jeopardy to the health and safety of residents.”
“It is a great thing for Maryland that this institution is closed,” said Nancy Pineles, an attorney with the Maryland Disability Law Center, a watchdog group that promotes the civil rights of people with disabilities.
See also:
Second Opinion: What would be better than Rosewood – Boston Globe
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