Unit 2

Louisiana · United States · Cemetery

The lift operates by itself at night. Doors are heard slamming, and when staff check, every door is locked as it should be.

This hospital at Pineville, Louisiana opened in the early 1900s and several of the original buildings are still standing and in use.

In Unit 2 the lift runs by itself during the night.

Doors are heard slamming. When staff go to look, every door is found locked as they are normally kept.

The locked doors are the part that matters. A slamming door in an institution is nothing. A slamming door in a building where every door is locked and the staff verify it is a different report, and the people making it are the ones responsible for the keys.

A word about the place itself. The patients here were committed, many for years, at a time when Louisiana's provision for mental illness was poor and the alternatives were worse. They were people receiving care, badly, and not material for a story.

The hospital is active and closed to visitors.

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Where is Unit 2 located?

Unit 2 is in Louisiana, United States.