Johnstone Hall, Mansfield Training School

The Mansfield Training School, situated on more than 1,000 acres in Mansfield, Connecticut, USA, encompassed 85 buildings. It was operated by the Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation until its closure, after legal challenges, in 1993. Four years later, the former director and a once staunch advocate of the school declared, "The Mansfield Training School is closed: the swamp has finally been drained."

Retired commercial photographer living in Beirut, Lebanon, and Washington, D.C., USA.