reinstitutionalize

I am repeatedly asked why we don't reinstitutionalize this population.

J.R. had threatened to reinstitutionalize her for alcoholism.

Sue Ellen Ewing (Linda Grey), J.R.'s wife: J.R. had threatened to reinstitutionalize her for her bout with alcoholism.

But those who celebrated the closure were stunned by a decision two weeks ago to reinstitutionalize nine of the hundreds of North Princeton residents who had been moved into group homes or supported apartments.