In 1869, the grounds transformed into the Willard Asylum for the Chronically Insane. ... By 1877, it had more than 1,500 patients, making it the largest asylum in the United States.

Around 25,000 people are said to lie buried in unmarked graves at the abandoned mental asylum in Milledgeville, ... making it the largest mental hospital in the world by the middle of the century.

In Miami, asylum has been denied in about 73% of the 67,000 cases that the court has decided since 2000, with an average denial rate of 74% throughout Biden’s presidency.

PORTLAND, Maine — Nearly 200 asylum seekers from African countries have traded one temporary home in Maine's largest city for another Wednesday after a basketball arena that served as a shelter ...