McLean Hospital

The hospital was famous for housing many great poets or singers. Although it felt as a jail they did have some freedom. There was a system of privileges everyone was under in the ward. One started out with no privileges, then moved to one-to-one, next two-to-ones, and the top was full towns and grounds. One-to-one meant one nurse accompanied one patient, two-to-one was two nurses and one patient, and full towns and grounds meant you just had to call to check in but there was no need for a nurse. These privileges were for when leaving the central area of the hospital. They also used a check system, which meant checking up on each patient after a certain period of time. You started out at five minute checks, then to fifteen, and sometimes up to a half hour.