In 1841, a Boston woman named Dorothea Dix agreed to teach Sunday School in a prison. Dix was horrified of what she saw. She found inmates bound in chains and locked in cages. Most people who were in prison had debt they had to pay off and couldn't do that in prison. Children who were in jail for minor thefts were locked in jail with adults. Mentally ill were also treated this way. They were beaten in they misbehaved.
For two years, Dix had quietly gathered firsthand information about the horrors she had seen. She had prepared a report for the Massachusetts state legislature.
According to:http://www.answers.com/topic/prisons-and-prison-reform, Dix report was a major success. Today, there are lots of hospitals for the mentally ill.
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