Use the excerpt from the “How Nellie Bly went undercover to expose abuse of the mentally ill” article to answer the question.

Which excerpt supports the idea that the abuses that went on in the asylum at Blackwell Island were well known to the public?

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The matron of the house enlisted a few cops to escort Bly to the Essex Market Police Courtroom
The matron of the house enlisted a few cops to escort Bly to the Essex Market Police Courtroom

an impatient judge named Duffy pronounced her insane and ordered her to the famed insane ward at Bellevue Hospital
an impatient judge named Duffy pronounced her insane and ordered her to the famed insane ward at Bellevue Hospital

Soon enough, it was Bly who was deemed crazy
Soon enough, it was Bly who was deemed crazy

“. . . an insane place,” one ambulance driver told her, “where you’ll never get out of”

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The excerpt that supports the idea that the abuses that went on in the asylum at Blackwell Island were well known to the public is:

“. . . an insane place,” one ambulance driver told her, “where you’ll never get out of.”

This statement suggests that the conditions at the asylum were recognized and acknowledged by others, indicating that the public was aware of the situation.