lunatic asylum

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Last month's release of the film also showed a message saying the police foiled the plot, arrested the criminals and sent Durden to a "lunatic asylum".

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2022

Like so many historic geniuses, he went uncelebrated in his own time, dying in disgrace as the inmate of a lunatic asylum.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2021

He is also, as the first sentence of “The Tin Drum” tells us, an inmate in a lunatic asylum.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 13, 2019

The way things are going, life in a lunatic asylum might seem like a tempting upgrade if it weren’t for the prospect of open-ended stay.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2018

It’s like being in a lunatic asylum and having another patient all dressed up as a doctor come over to you and start taking your pulse or something....It’s just awful.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger