Wikipedia says: "Forest Haven was a children's developmental center in Laurel, Maryland. It is sometimes referred to (inaccurately) as "DC Children's Center", although this was not an official moniker.
It was notorious for its poor conditions and abuse of patients. It was shut down in 1991 by a federal court."
We spent more than 5 hours walking around the campus and probably only saw half of the buildings. Just a huge area of urban decay to explore.
An interesting write-up of Forest Haven can be found here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/daily/march99/grouphome14.htm
If you want to see more photos from Forest Haven, check out the photosets from Jon and Chris.
Documenting Psychiatrists Behaving Badly
Of all professions, psychiatrists seem to get into the most trouble. I have been collecting stories about psychiatric screwups for a while. Sadly, it has been disgustingly easy to do. We post stories with links to the original sources. We couldn't make this stuff up if we wanted to. My Name is Sickmind Fraud.
Monday, March 02, 2009
Photos of notorious abandoned "Children's Center" in Maryland
A Photo set on Flickr:
Please send me information on visiting?!
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~Casey
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If you could please send me information on visiting it would be greatly appreciated!!! thanks!
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