1901: The Eastern State Hospital for the Insane, opened in 1891, was built above Medical Lake in a “Kirkbride plan,” which is two long, stepped wings, one for men and one for women, off a ...

Smoldering through the underground remains of a long-forgotten building demolished half a century ago, the Gray fire is still going strongly nearly a year later in a landfill near Eastern State ...

One of Eastern State Penitentiary’s most notorious inmates, Al Capone, spent a portion of his incarceration in the prison’s hospital ward.

The hospital appears to be making strides in response to what the Ross settlement demands. The average length of stay for a forensic patient at Eastern dropped from 239 days in 2014 to 113 in 2016.

An unsecured karaoke machine caused Eastern State Hospital to lose its accreditation last month, according to a report released by the Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS).

Thanks to a $200,000 wall stabilization project, it's now structurally safe to explore Cell Block 3, also known as the hospital block at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site.

This month marks the 250th anniversary of public mental healthcare in Virginia. To commemorate the milestone, Colonial Williamsburg, in partnership with Eastern State Hospital and the Virginia ...

A $12 million boiler plant construction project is planned at Eastern State Hospital. The old building would be torn down and a new one will be built. RELATED: Plan to fix Washington's mental ...