Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane
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Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, established in 1892 as the Matteawan State Hospital by an 1892 law (Chapter 81), functioned as a hospital for insane criminals. It was located in the town of Fishkill just outside the city of Beacon, New York; today its buildings form part of Fishkill Correctional Facility.
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Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane | |
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Location | Matteawan, Dutchess County, New York, United States |
Coordinates | 41.522212°N 73.95057°W / 41.522212; -73.95057 |
History | |
Opened | April 1892 |
Closed | 1 January 1977 |
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Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
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The hospital confined and treated individuals who were committed to it by criminal courts and who were declared insane while serving their sentences at state institutions. The Superintendent of State Prisons had control over the hospital.