Rape victim kept in psychiatric hospital for 58 years

A 75-YEAR-OLD woman who remains in a psychiatric hospital 58 years after she was involuntarily detained following a rape has spoken out about her life in a mental hospital.

In 1952, two years after the assault, 17-year-old “Josie” was involuntarily detained due to increasingly erratic behaviour. She was never let out and is still living in an institution today.

Josie claims she has been force-fed and given electric shock treatment (ECT) against her will in hospital.