Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center
1981 establishments in New York CityHospitals established in 1981Hospitals in ManhattanNew York State Department of Mental HygienePsychiatric hospitals in New York (state) ... and 1 more
Randalls and Wards Islands
Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center is a maximum-security facility for the mentally ill on Wards Island in New York City, operated by the New York State Office of Mental Health as one of two psychiatric hospitals in the state that treat felony patients. The building, described as "fortresslike", is adjacent to the Manhattan Psychiatric Center. Of its more than 200 patients, 50 are deemed criminally insane; it houses pre-trial detainees unfit to stand trial as well as convicted defendants granted an insanity plea. Among its famous historical inmates was murderer and cannibal Daniel Rakowitz.
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Sunken Garden Loop, New York Manhattan
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Manhattan Psychiatric Center
Sunken Garden Loop
10035 New York, Manhattan
New York, United States
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