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Pennhurst Asylum is exploitation, not entertainment | Opinion

Every year, we're nauseated to see Pennhurst Asylum turn the suffering of people with disabilities into a weekend getaway.

Adult patients at the Pennhurst State School and hospital at Slpring City, near Pottstown, Pa. spend their days and nights in cribs in the ward where they are destined to spend the rest of their lives. The school superintendent, Dr. Leopold A. Potkonski, left, and State Rep. Edwin G. Holl, chairman of the Montgomery County delegation, tour the ward Nov. 16, 1965. The asylum did not close until 1987.
Adult patients at the Pennhurst State School and hospital at Slpring City, near Pottstown, Pa. spend their days and nights in cribs in the ward where they are destined to spend the rest of their lives. The school superintendent, Dr. Leopold A. Potkonski, left, and State Rep. Edwin G. Holl, chairman of the Montgomery County delegation, tour the ward Nov. 16, 1965. The asylum did not close until 1987.Read moreASSOCIATED PRESS
    by Rachael Miroddi and Allison Beck, For The Inquirer
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