Patton State Hospital
| Patton State Hospital | |
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 Original Patton State Hospital building, constructed 1893 | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | San Bernardino, California, United States |
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| Care system | Public |
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| Founded | 1893 |
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| Lists | Hospitals in California |
Patton State Hospital is a forensic psychiatric hospital in San Bernardino, California, United States. Though the hospital has a Patton, California, address, it now lies entirely within the San Bernardino city limits.[1][2] Operated by the California Department of State Hospitals,[3] Patton State Hospital has a licensed bed capacity of 1,287 for people who have been committed by the judicial system for treatment.[4]
History
[edit]Established in 1890 and opened in 1893 as the Southern California State Asylum for the Insane and Inebriates, it was commonly referred to as the Highland asylum or hospital, after its location in Highland Township in San Bernardino County, then unincorporated territory.[5][4] It was renamed "Patton State Hospital" around 1900, after Henry W. Patton, a journalist who was a member of the facility's first Board of Managers.[6] The hospital was originally built in accordance with the Kirkbride Plan.[5] The original buildings were demolished after they were badly damaged in an earthquake in July 1923.[6]
Accreditation
[edit]The hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC).[7]
Burials
[edit]From its opening until 1934, an estimated 2,024 patients who died at the hospital were buried on its grounds.[8] A memorial for them was erected and in 2011 efforts were underway to identify all the deceased.[9][10]
Notable patients
[edit]- Edward Allaway[11][12]
- David Attias[13][14]
- Dianne Lake, 16-year-old Manson Family member[15]
- Ron Jeremy[16]
- Bettie Page[17][18]
- Roderick Scribner[19]
- Nathan Trupp[20]
- Richard Turley
References
[edit]- ↑ "City of San Bernardino".[dead link]
- ↑ "Patton". California Department of State Hospitals.
- ↑ "Hospitals". California Department of State Hospitals. Archived from the original on March 1, 2016.
- 1 2 "Patton State Hospital". Asylum Projects.
- 1 2 Meares, Hadley (November 4, 2015). "'The Insane Asylum': The First Twenty Years of Patton State Hospital". KCET. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
- 1 2 "Patton State Hospital". City of San Bernardino.
- ↑ "Quality Report". QualityCheck.
- ↑ "The California Memorial Project". California Department of State Hospitals. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014.
- ↑ Pinion-Whitt, Melissa (October 10, 2011). "Memories set in stone at Patton". San Bernardino Sun.
- ↑ Pinion-Whitt, Melissa (September 17, 2012). "Family, friends, remember those who died at Patton State Hospital". The (San Bernardino County) Sun – via San Jose Mercury News.
- ↑ Hardesty, Greg (May 20, 2006). "Shootings recall CSUF ordeal 31 years ago". Orange County Register. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ↑ Frank Shyong (August 20, 2016). "Cal State Fullerton killer's hospital transfer sparks protests from his victims' families". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ "David Attias Released From Patton State Hospital". KEYT. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ↑ "'Angel of death' transferred to less restrictive facility". CNN. September 7, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ↑ "Caught in Manson's spell". Los Angeles Times. August 11, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
- ↑ "Ron Jeremy Ordered to Undergo Psychiatric Evaluations Ahead of Rape Trial". Newsweek. March 18, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
- ↑ "Pinup queen Bettie Page dies at 85". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ↑ "Obituary: Bettie Page / 1950s pinup girl had resurgence". post-gazette.com. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ↑ Rod Scribner (2006, David Germain) "Sheriff's had taken him in ... I went to the old jail to try to see him but was turned away they refused to take his glasses I had brought said they were holding him because he was a suicide risk ... he ultimately ended up at Patton State Hospital."
- ↑ Puig, Claudia (February 17, 1989). "Man Ruled Unfit for Trial in Killings". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- Hurd, Henry Mills, ed. (1916). "Southern California State Hospital". The Institutional Care of the Insane in the United States and Canada. Vol. 2. Johns Hopkins Press. pp. 50–53 – via Google Books.
External links
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- Patton State Hospital: Home Page
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Patton State Hospital
- Patton State Hospital at Find a Grave
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