Have you been to a jail before? Okay, I’m thinking Jail, but much, much worse. Like the kind of jail an evil Count would design.
When we’re talking location, somewhere that could provide constant dripping water that would turn to mold on the walls would be ideal. Maybe some kind of cave, a haunted cave if there’s one within a reasonable distance of a school. It absolutely MUST be near a school because we want to make sure that the children are terrified both of the residents and in later years of becoming insane themselves. Also, it provides a convenient bullying avenue if a child’s parent happens to be locked up in the crazy jail next door. Haha, can you imagine?
Now, we’ve got really good technology at this point, but I think heavy chains are probably the best form or restraint, especially when combined with canvas clothes that strap the arms to the body. Having no use of arms will probably help people feel less insane.
Don’t bother with a kitchen. We’ve got a guy who can somehow make oatmeal into a slime of sorts that is grey and almost inedible. All he requires is a standing pool to rinse his hands in. Any working toilet will do.
Now there has to be a large number of rooms and nooks where guards can assault patients without being in view of anyone else. That appears to be an important part of the recovery process, based on my research.
ALL surfaces should be uneven, stone, and wet.
Now, I understand that this makes some budget concerns pop right up. But we can take some measures that will reduce costs quite a bit.
Hot water? What for?
Electric lighting? I can’t think of a single reason why.
Soundproofing? From my perspective, horrific screams are merely the sounds of progress, of a mind becoming well again.
I think that just about wraps it up. Next we’ll move on to HR, who I understand are doing some great things, hiring employees that are probably not related to inmates, based on all the checking we can do in the 1800’s here, which is asking around in town. Then we have the laundry coordinator who will explain how we have laundry constantly going in and out of the facility. And finally, the security manager, who will explain how the gate is extremely reliable in terms of closing and staying closed, but extremely unreliable in terms of the fact that it is extremely hard to open to facilitate staff evacuation in case of emergency.
Oh, and one last thing. “Nut House” is such a negative term. I was thinking “Insane Asylum.” Doesn’t “Asylum” sound so much better? Restful?