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Officials in California have removed an "insane asylum" from a fairground haunted house after mental health workers and patients complained it was demeaning and offensive, reports the San Diego Union Tribune.
A spokesman for the Del Mar Fairgrounds said he received about two dozen phone calls and e-mails from people who said the psychotic-patient character in the annual Halloween display was unacceptable.
One of the rooms in the Scream Zone featured a straitjacketed actor sitting in a brightly lit, padded room and staring blankly. Following the complaints, the straightjacket was removed and bars were added to make it look more like a jail cell.
Officials in California have removed an "insane asylum" from a fairground haunted house after mental health workers and patients complained it was demeaning and offensive, reports the San Diego Union Tribune.
A spokesman for the Del Mar Fairgrounds said he received about two dozen phone calls and e-mails from people who said the psychotic-patient character in the annual Halloween display was unacceptable.
One of the rooms in the Scream Zone featured a straitjacketed actor sitting in a brightly lit, padded room and staring blankly. Following the complaints, the straightjacket was removed and bars were added to make it look more like a jail cell.
