Adapting the Island for Drug TreatmentAdapting the Island for Drug Treatment

After their ‘treatment’ was complete the patients were left into the sober world without being prepared for it. Riverside Hospital eventually realized that it was not a great plan and decided to keep the drug addict patients with them at least for 90 days.

The building was transformed to suit the needs of the juvenile. Part of a building was converted to a school, nurse house turned into girls’ dorms and one room turned into a library.