The Department of Homeland Security is actually moving into a mental hospital, as reported in Federal Times.
This is an old story, but new to me. Apparently, it was announced last year, as reported on the Daily Kos.
Much of the Department of Homeland Security is moving to St. Elizabeths Hospital, the first government insane asylum in the United States.
It was established in 1855, and has held poet and propagandist Ezra Pound,who pleaded insanity to charges of treason so as to escape a possible death penalty for his pro-Mussolini efforts.
American Indians imprisoned and committed largely for political crimes were later moved to St. Elizabeth's for rehabilitation. Few were released.
The hospital is currently the home of John Hinckley, Jr., former President Ronald Reagan's would-be assassin.
St. Elizabeth's has been home to at least one Catholic priest accused in the current and ongoing abuse scandal.
The hospital is currently embroiled in a lawsuit, shades of Walter Reed.
The hospital is also rumored to be haunted.
Creepy. Typical.
This is an old story, but new to me. Apparently, it was announced last year, as reported on the Daily Kos.
Much of the Department of Homeland Security is moving to St. Elizabeths Hospital, the first government insane asylum in the United States.
It was established in 1855, and has held poet and propagandist Ezra Pound,who pleaded insanity to charges of treason so as to escape a possible death penalty for his pro-Mussolini efforts.
American Indians imprisoned and committed largely for political crimes were later moved to St. Elizabeth's for rehabilitation. Few were released.
The hospital is currently the home of John Hinckley, Jr., former President Ronald Reagan's would-be assassin.
St. Elizabeth's has been home to at least one Catholic priest accused in the current and ongoing abuse scandal.
The hospital is currently embroiled in a lawsuit, shades of Walter Reed.
The hospital is also rumored to be haunted.
Creepy. Typical.
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