Aiding the Disadvantaged

Question 1

What was the concern

Answer 1

The mentally ill were held in jails without committing crimes, as there were no mental health facilities for them

Question 2

Who was the leading reformer

Answer 2

Dorothea Dix

Question 3

What steps were there to fix the problem

Answer 3

She visited prisons in Massachusetts to collect evidence and reported it to the Massachusetts Legislature.
She then travelled the country to visit prisons to write reports to help create a prison reform across the US

Question 4

Goal

Answer 4

To educate the governments on the mistreatment of the mentally ill and create treatment facilities.

Question 5

Outcome

Answer 5

Many states reviewed and investigated how the mentally ill were treated and created care facilities instead of putting them in jail