A patient and staff at the Carville jail. Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collections, Carville, LA.

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This file appears in: Carville Jail and Cottage Grove
A patient and staff at the Carville jail.<br /> <br /> <br /> Image Courtesy of the National Hansen's Disease Museum, Permanent Collections, Carville, LA.

If a patient absconded, meaning that they left the hospital grounds without a pass, they were sentenced to 30 days in the hospital jail when they returned.

If, the patient was in poor condition upon return, often why a patient would self-surrender after having run away, their 30 day sentence was commuted to the Infirmary where they were punished by being denied visitors.

This file appears in: Carville Jail and Cottage Grove