There are many moments on the @saveellisisland Hard Hat tour that will shivers down your spine, and one that stopped me in my tracks was the ideas of how to treat mental health in the psychiatric ward. Ellis Island’s hospitals were very advanced for their day, and they recognized the importance of fresh air for patients. However, those in the psychiatric ward might have to stay behind fences and cages while getting their fresh air. The art you see is by an artist named JR and it’s a wheat paste

Last Fall, I Walked Into a Psych Ward and Asked to Be Locked In. It Was Nothing Like I Expected.