mental institution
Example Sentences
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The ruling means the woman will not stand trial for the killings and will be sent to a state mental institution rather than prison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
He escaped from a mental institution, settled in Southern California, and began falsely claiming that he was a rabbi, a doctor and Albert Einstein’s nephew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 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
I paced around the cell thinking that I was in some kind of reverse mental institution where I'd only get released once I was totally screwed up.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
