00:02In 1848, Massachusetts built America's first public facility for people they called idiots.
00:09It's still open today.
00:10I couldn't believe it. You know, I just didn't believe this existed.
00:14Originally intended as a school, in 1890 it became an asylum from which there was little chance of release.
00:20Who's gonna beat me? Can you imagine living a life like that when you're a kid?
00:23Frontwards, Backwards, the troubling story of Fernald.
00:30Frontwards, Backwards
