Later known as "Central State Hospital," this asylum is Georgia's largest facility in the 1800's and 1900's for the treatment of mental health and developmental disabilities. By the 1960's, it will be one of the largest of its kind in the world, with patients who are predominantly rural Black and white people. Subjecting its patients to a 1 to 100 doctor-to-patient ratio, this asylum used experimental new therapies, including electric shock. Although the hospital closes in 2010 (still under accusations of questionable techniques), the large campus will become used by the Department of Justice to house a forensic inpatient maximum security facility.