This article from the Boston Globe covers state officials signing a federal court consent decree putting forth the plan to start the process of downsizing the Northampton State Hospital, bringing the number people in its care from 350 down to 50 by 1981. With this process, more community services and program will be developed in order to avoid unnecessary hospitalization.
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