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Dorothea Dix was compelled by conditions she witnessed to achieve social reform. She visited and studied various jails, and sent a report to the MA legislature. She not only later got 9 southern states to make seperate hospitals for mentally ill people, but got a bill passed which made prison life a lot better.
Leaders of Prison Reform
