Atascadero State Hospital
Hospital in California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Atascadero State Hospital, formally known as California Department of State Hospitals - Atascadero (DSHA), is located on the Central Coast of California, in San Luis Obispo County, halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. DSHA is an all-male, maximum-security facility, forensic institution that houses mentally ill convicts who have been committed to psychiatric facilities by California's courts.[1] Located on a 700+ acre grounds in the city of Atascadero, California, it is the largest employer in that town.[2] DSHA is not a general purpose public hospital, and the only patients admitted are those that are referred to the hospital by the Superior Court, Board of Prison Terms, or the Department of Corrections.
California Department of State Hospitals | |
Geography | |
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Location | Atascadero, California, United States |
Organization | |
Care system | Psychiatric ward |
Type | Forensic psychiatry |
Services | |
Emergency department | Department of State Hospitals- Atascadero Police Department (DSHAPD, ASHPD, or DPS) |
Beds | 1239 |
History | |
Opened | 1954 |
Links | |
Website | Official website |
Lists | Hospitals in California |