Thus, the Nurse sees the purpose of the asylum as a place to be conformed is to persuade the patients to accept and function in the Outside world of rewards and punishments.

Question

How do I reword "to be conformed"? I don't like the idea of using "to be" in any essays.

Answer 1

You could use conformation.
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... the asylum as a place of conformation where patients are persuaded to accept ...

or

... the asylum as a place to promote conformation where she needs to persuade patients to accept ...

or

... the asylum as a place to force conformation where patients are trained to accept ...