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A reproduction of the original legislative act authorizing the construction of a Lunatic Asylum in South Carolina. It lists commissioners, as well as preliminary plans and construction materials for a building.

Annual Report of the Lunatic Asylum of South Carolina for 1849. Includes discussion of additions or wings to the Asylum, as well as a greenhouse.

Pages 16-17 are an excerpt from the regents report, with a request for additional space and/or architectural repairs. Pages 32-36 list acts of legislation concerning the Lunatic Asylum, including the establishiment of a board of regents to oversee…

Cover has a hand written note stating, "Refer to page 14- Act to authorize admission of Persons of Color into the Lunatic Asylum-Dec. 19, 1948."

Forensic Services is now part of the William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute.

The Cooper Building has received a major security upgrade, and all Forensic Services are now consolidated in Cooper.

Both forensic psychiatrists left for other jobs, but the hospital has replaced them and is looking for a third. To cut down on admissions, the hospital is starting a pre-screening program.

Unit IV now has a female ward in Cooper. The unit is undertaking renovation and beautification projects for the buildings.

With the recent reorganization, patients from Unit IV are living in the Allan and Saunders buildings. The remaining security ward in Unit IV is discontinued.

Forensic evaluations now take fifteen days instead of thirty. Forensic patients must be evaluated and then released or put into regular treatment wards. They cannot stay in maximum security wards indefinitely. The changes are in compliance with a…