mental institution
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All this, and the ensuing negative publicity, embarrassed Robert, who successfully brought suit to have his mother committed to a mental institution.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
According to the Washington Post, “Schrank died in a mental institution in 1943.”
From Salon • Oct. 9, 2024
She was incarcerated for six years, most of which she spent in prison and some of which she spent in a mental institution and in exile in a Siberian penal colony.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2024
If the jury had found Schabusiness was mentally ill, she would be sent to a mental institution instead of prison.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2023
Her only remaining son, Robert, had her committed to a mental institution in 1875.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
