Sky, I don't know how long it has been since you've been in a psych hospital or a general hospital with a psych unit. What you describe does sound like jail and not at all like most modern psychiatric settings. Some of what you say is true, but by and large it is not that way anymore.

I think a brief hospital stay can be very beneficial and helpful for people, and particularly with the symptoms that esthervirtue is currently experiencing.

I hope you have not scared her away from what could be very helpful to her in the short and long runs.
Take care,
Okie