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By the 1990s, the mental health movement was away from the hospital model and toward community-based programs. Partly because the community-based model appeared effective but mostly because it was cheaper, [citation needed] the Kansas Legislature decided to close one of its three mental hospitals. TSH was chosen for closing and went out of ...
Prisoners who died in Kansas detention (1 C, 2 P) S. Deaths by stabbing in Kansas (2 P) Suicides in Kansas (2 C, 4 P)
Kansas Hospital for the Insane, which was also known as the State Insane Asylum or the State Lunatic Asylum, officially opened on November 1, 1866 and admitted it first patient on November 5 of that year. The first building was a small, two-story renovated farmhouse called "The Lodge" and housed only 10–12 patients. Dr.
Butler and Kelley were allegedly ambushed and stabbed to death on March 30 by Paul Grice, 31, and Tom Cullum, 43, two of the five suspects arrested, according to court documents shared by KWCH.
Three children, ages 4 to 6, died gruesome deaths in Kansas City the past 2 1/2 years. One was decapitated. Authorities said another died of malnutrition, and the third fell 17 floors from an ...
Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeffrey Easter also urged lawmakers to create more mental health beds, saying that the county had 36 inmates waiting for a mental health facility, with an average wait time ...
The Kansas State Imbecile Asylum (later the Winfield State Hospital and Training Center) was established in the community in 1888, on a hill overlooking the city. For the next 117 years, it served as a dominant local employer, housing and confining those with mental problems from throughout the state of Kansas. [13] [14]
Autopsy and toxicology results for the three Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found dead behind their friend’s home last month could take longer than expected due to a major backlog of cases.