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Ancora Psychiatric Hospital

Field	Value
name	Ancora Psychiatric Hospital
org_group	New Jersey Department of Human Services
image	Ancora Hospital main entrance, Nov. 2024.jpg
caption	Main entrance to the site from Route 143
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location	Winslow Township, New Jersey
country	United States
address	301 Spring Garden Rd, Winslow Township, NJ 08095
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funding	Government
type	Psychiatric
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helipad	No
affiliation
patron
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beds	532
founded	1955
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Ancora Psychiatric Hospital is a 532 active bed (709 capacity) hospital located in the Ancora section of Winslow Township, New Jersey. The Ancora campus, opened in 1955, covers 650 acres. The hospital offers a multidisciplinary team approach to development and implementation of care. Ancora is the largest of the state's four public psychiatric hospitals. Although the hospital is located in Winslow, it has a Hammonton mailing address. Ancora also has their own career fire company on site.

Most patients at Ancora have been committed involuntarily, as a potential danger to themselves or others.

Criminal investigation and controversy

In 2008, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice took place at Ancora. There had been a substantial number of deaths and repeated injuries among patients at the facility since 2006. The investigation focused on whether patients were safe from harm, and whether residents were served in the settings most appropriate to their needs, and their civil rights not violated.

Investigators found that "patients at Ancora suffer an undue risk of harm, stemming from the facility's failure to treat aggressive and self-abusive behavior and its failure to implement systems to protect patients from harm." Ancora also "segregates far too many patients for whom a hospital setting is not appropriate."

References

(19 December 2014). "APH Fact Sheet 2014".
Susan K. Livio. "Ancora Psychiatric Hospital faces federal investigation". [[NJ.com]].
Matt Dowling. "N.J.'s Ancora Psychiatric Hospital patients remain 'at risk of harm,' feds say". NJ.com.

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