Asylums were the best and most humane thing society could have ever done for these people. Prior to that, they'd have been killed or left to die. Look at the remains of the asylum system, you never see anything comparable to a prison. They are often extremely nice buildings on par with churches, government buildings, etc. of the time. If they had been the home of a head of state they'd be landmarks today.

A few doctors go a bit too far over the line of curing to human experimentation and the leftists turn into the "awwww" sob story party and here we are.