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jan 1, 1841 - 1848 Prison Reform

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Dorothea Dix: While teaching Sunday school in a prison, she saw the horrible living conditions the inmates were living in.
She removed the mentally ill from prisons and put them in their own specialised facilities.

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jan 1, 1841
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~ 184 years ago

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