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After medical developments made tuberculosis sanatoria obsolete starting in the mid-1950s, the [[New York State Hospital at Ray Brook|State Hospital at Ray Brook]] continued to operate until the mid-1960s. The property was then transferred from the Department of Health to the new Drug Addiction Control Commission, combining enforcement and treatment; in 1971 the new facility opened as the '''Ray Brook Rehabilitation Center''', housing 70 to 130 women addicts. However, it was judged a failure, and closed within five years. It was succeeded by a camp program for adult inmates, "[[Camp Adirondack]]".