WEBVTT 00:00:06.242 --> 00:00:10.400 [Solemn music plays, noises of nature in background] 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:14.303 Narrator: Broadmoor, a word that makes people shiver. 00:00:14.873 --> 00:00:17.673 Most think that Broadmoor is a prison, 00:00:17.673 --> 00:00:20.593 in fact it's a high secure psychiatric hospital, 00:00:20.593 --> 00:00:22.432 and home to some of the country's most 00:00:22.432 --> 00:00:24.532 dangerous and violent offenders. 00:00:24.532 --> 00:00:28.910 [Gate unlocking, mechanical noises] 00:00:28.910 --> 00:00:32.030 After five years of negotiation, and for the 00:00:32.030 --> 00:00:34.462 very first time, the hospital has allowed 00:00:34.462 --> 00:00:38.520 cameras in to meet the men who live behind these walls. 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:45.004 [unintelligible yelling, sound of something slamming] 00:00:45.004 --> 00:00:48.340 [Running footsteps, keys jangling] 00:00:48.340 --> 00:00:51.694 [more yelling and sounds of a struggle] 00:00:51.694 --> 00:00:53.884 [door slams] 00:00:53.884 --> 00:00:56.264 [footsteps echo in the hallway] 00:00:56.264 --> 00:00:58.684 Inmate: Broadmoores got this, this history 00:00:58.684 --> 00:01:01.250 about people being all these monsters here basically. 00:01:01.250 --> 00:01:03.110 But you can be violent, and it don't 00:01:03.110 --> 00:01:04.991 mean you're a bad person, cos sometimes 00:01:04.991 --> 00:01:06.751 you don't....you're not intendin' it. 00:01:06.751 --> 00:01:09.261 Over radio: Hello Bravo one, two, and go. 00:01:09.261 --> 00:01:11.121 Over radio: One going to the 00:01:11.121 --> 00:01:13.981 [ unintelligible] all radio. Alpha four. 00:01:13.981 --> 00:01:14.821 Over. 00:01:15.518 --> 00:01:18.134 Man in Tan Suit: The easiest reaction in the world is to 00:01:18.134 --> 00:01:20.136 see somebody that has committed something 00:01:20.136 --> 00:01:22.630 atrocious, label them as evil, want to 00:01:22.630 --> 00:01:24.766 lock the door and throw away the key. 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:29.916 Daniel: I've probably actually never said the words of what I've actually done. 00:01:29.916 --> 00:01:33.483 I've never admitted it. Still just a blur in my head 00:01:34.683 --> 00:01:36.533 [knocking on door] 00:01:37.434 --> 00:01:39.324 Inmate: I've got born into this Italian 00:01:39.324 --> 00:01:42.364 family. Very, very violent. In some cases 00:01:42.364 --> 00:01:44.279 it would have been better to have killed 00:01:44.279 --> 00:01:46.373 me than to have allowed me to have this 00:01:46.373 --> 00:01:49.294 abominable life that I've had. 00:01:50.476 --> 00:01:53.776 [keys rattling, chatter] 00:01:53.979 --> 00:01:56.409 Narrator: With unprecedented access, and 00:01:56.409 --> 00:01:58.739 filmed over a year, this series reveals 00:01:58.739 --> 00:02:01.039 the secrets of life inside Britain's most 00:02:01.039 --> 00:02:03.429 notorious institution. 00:02:03.429 --> 00:02:07.779 [Bell rings] 00:02:07.779 --> 00:02:13.999 [Solemn music] 00:02:14.040 --> 00:02:16.080 Narrator: Broadmoor is perched above the 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:18.260 Berkshire village of Crowthorne. Just 40 00:02:18.260 --> 00:02:20.680 miles from the center of London. 00:02:22.290 --> 00:02:24.510 When people think of Broadmoor they think of 00:02:24.510 --> 00:02:26.670 Ronny Kray, Peter Sutcliffe, Robert 00:02:26.670 --> 00:02:28.610 Napper, and Kenneth Erskine. Some of the 00:02:28.610 --> 00:02:30.640 most dangerous killers the country has 00:02:30.640 --> 00:02:31.951 ever known. 00:02:33.209 --> 00:02:35.529 Inmate: The public perceive this place as 'Oh, 00:02:35.529 --> 00:02:37.569 that's where the Yorkshire Ripper's locked 00:02:37.569 --> 00:02:39.789 up, that's Rachel Nickell's killers locked up' 00:02:39.789 --> 00:02:43.539 Broadmoor is an institution of lots of 00:02:43.539 --> 00:02:46.629 people. We're not all rapist pedophiles, 00:02:46.629 --> 00:02:50.629 or murderers. There is people in here for 00:02:50.629 --> 00:02:54.629 self-harming in prison, there's people in 00:02:54.629 --> 00:02:57.968 here for buggery who've then gotten in a prison, 00:02:57.968 --> 00:03:00.949 and there's people in here for very very evil things. 00:03:01.609 --> 00:03:03.679 and it brushes with all the same brush 00:03:03.679 --> 00:03:05.358 which they shouldn't do. 00:03:05.358 --> 00:03:09.358 [loud string crescendo] 00:03:09.542 --> 00:03:11.942 Narrator: First built as a victorian lunatic asylum 00:03:11.942 --> 00:03:13.377 for the criminally insane, 00:03:13.830 --> 00:03:16.310 today Broadmoor is an NHS hospital. 00:03:17.881 --> 00:03:21.171 Over its 150 year history, it's been a secretive 00:03:21.171 --> 00:03:23.871 and mysterious institution. 00:03:25.007 --> 00:03:27.277 Staff are under strict instructions not to 00:03:27.277 --> 00:03:30.207 discuss patients outside the hospital walls. 00:03:32.419 --> 00:03:35.569 [clicking as items are placed on conveyer and beeping of machinery] 00:03:35.569 --> 00:03:37.769 Many won't even admit to working here. 00:03:37.769 --> 00:03:41.209 Staff Member: Close, close family members know that, obviously, where we 00:03:41.209 --> 00:03:43.781 work. But if we're in a normal mainstream 00:03:43.781 --> 00:03:45.837 than you would, you would probably say you 00:03:45.837 --> 00:03:47.773 work in the hospital or something. Don't 00:03:47.773 --> 00:03:49.663 really talk about the place. 00:03:49.663 --> 00:03:52.683 Staff 2: Listen, if you said that you worked here, ah boy, you'd 00:03:52.683 --> 00:03:54.193 just spend the whole of a day, 00:03:54.193 --> 00:03:57.146 or the afternoon, with a barrage of questions about the place. 00:03:57.146 --> 00:03:59.466 So, it's just easy to say you work for the NHS. 00:04:00.383 --> 00:04:03.875 Narrator: They're told not to share personal information with the patients 00:04:03.875 --> 00:04:06.220 either, and to leave their private lives 00:04:06.220 --> 00:04:08.766 along with their possessions, at the front door. 00:04:12.407 --> 00:04:14.847 Broadmoor's most notorious patients, 00:04:14.847 --> 00:04:16.820 like Peter Sutcliffe and Kenneth Erskine, 00:04:16.820 --> 00:04:20.040 have chosen not to participate. 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:24.060 But many of the men here have been front page news, 00:04:24.060 --> 00:04:26.378 and are vilified by society. 00:04:26.801 --> 00:04:28.691 This is the first time they've been 00:04:28.691 --> 00:04:30.181 allowed to tell their stories. 00:04:30.181 --> 00:04:32.418 Alex: I've done everything from taking hostages 00:04:32.418 --> 00:04:35.189 multiple hostage taking, stabbings, 00:04:35.189 --> 00:04:38.043 ya' know. Uh... multiple assaults, violent 00:04:38.043 --> 00:04:40.736 assaults, fire setting off. I set a whole 00:04:40.736 --> 00:04:43.496 stammers a fire in a hospital. A 00:04:43.496 --> 00:04:45.356 psychiatric hospital, the first one I 00:04:45.356 --> 00:04:47.626 ever went to. Umm.. yeah. Just mainly 00:04:47.626 --> 00:04:50.566 violence and whatnot. My history is mainly 00:04:50.566 --> 00:04:52.186 violence. 00:04:53.020 --> 00:04:55.710 Narrator: Broadmoor's 200 patients are all 00:04:55.710 --> 00:04:57.830 men suffering from mental disorders. 00:04:58.641 --> 00:05:01.351 They're classified as vulnerable adults 00:05:01.351 --> 00:05:03.411 and only those who have Capacity to 00:05:03.411 --> 00:05:05.761 Give Consent have been allowed to talk to us. 00:05:08.278 --> 00:05:11.398 Their faces have been blurred to protect their identities. 00:05:16.225 --> 00:05:18.314 [Door closing] 00:05:18.314 --> 00:05:21.274 (Interviewer): What are you like when you're not on medication? 00:05:21.274 --> 00:05:24.014 Alex: Ummm...I'm quite a nasty person, I'm quite violent, 00:05:24.014 --> 00:05:24.854 I'm very 00:05:24.854 --> 00:05:28.234 violent in most-most circumstances. Very 00:05:28.234 --> 00:05:30.404 antisocial. I don't like spending time 00:05:30.404 --> 00:05:33.174 with people. I'm paranoid. I'm, uh, very 00:05:33.174 --> 00:05:35.354 paranoid. stammers Every person around, 00:05:35.354 --> 00:05:37.234 I'm thinking 'what's their intention?' 00:05:37.234 --> 00:05:39.284 I come to that, sometimes I come very close 00:05:39.284 --> 00:05:41.204 to attacking people because I'm thinking 00:05:41.204 --> 00:05:43.165 that they're going to do something to me 00:05:43.165 --> 00:05:45.500 and I don't want to get hurt first. Uh, 00:05:45.500 --> 00:05:47.385 um..I remember one time when I'm off 00:05:47.385 --> 00:05:50.261 medication, spent 11 months locked in a 00:05:50.261 --> 00:05:52.221 cell. Segregated, due to the fact that I 00:05:52.221 --> 00:05:54.441 was too dangerous to come out. 00:05:55.581 --> 00:05:57.361 Narrator: 24 year old Alex arrived at 00:05:57.361 --> 00:06:00.451 Broadmoor 7 months ago. He was serving a 00:06:00.451 --> 00:06:02.781 life sentence in a dedicated prison unit 00:06:02.781 --> 00:06:05.481 for highly dangerous prisoners. 00:06:05.481 --> 00:06:07.511 They could no longer manage him. 00:06:08.139 --> 00:06:09.959 Alex: When I was younger, we would 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:13.630 chase a seagull all round the council estate, with a box, cos it- 00:06:13.630 --> 00:06:17.450 Narrator: Now in an admissions ward he's been diagnosed with mental illness and 00:06:17.450 --> 00:06:19.370 personality disorder and put on 00:06:19.370 --> 00:06:20.870 medication. 00:06:20.870 --> 00:06:24.067 One of his symptoms is auditory hallucinations. 00:06:24.067 --> 00:06:25.870 He hears voices. 00:06:25.870 --> 00:06:27.690 Alex: Oh, I was doing a fruit salad 00:06:27.690 --> 00:06:29.264 the other day for an assessment. 00:06:29.264 --> 00:06:31.199 That's when they do this assessment from 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:34.160 personal motor, motor skills. 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:36.030 It's like for learning disability. 00:06:36.030 --> 00:06:37.180 And....Umm... 00:06:37.180 --> 00:06:38.260 I was cutting a mango 00:06:38.260 --> 00:06:40.560 and I have never, I've never used a sharp knife, 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:43.430 In the seven years I've been away I've not used a sharp knife 00:06:43.430 --> 00:06:46.300 and I was shaking, literally. I nearly cut my fingers off cos 00:06:46.300 --> 00:06:48.670 the voices were telling me to attack the 00:06:48.670 --> 00:06:50.360 people in the room, with the knife. 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:53.760 And, like, they were goading me into it, and I thought 'I can't do that, 00:06:53.760 --> 00:06:56.350 I can't do that.' and so I managed to finish fruit, the 00:06:56.350 --> 00:06:59.620 fruit salad, and I thought 'Wow like, what achievement,' cos mostly 00:06:59.620 --> 00:07:01.850 stammers a year ago, two years ago, my emotions 00:07:01.850 --> 00:07:02.820 would have done it. 00:07:02.820 --> 00:07:04.810 Ya know? 00:07:05.158 --> 00:07:10.148 [unintelligible speaking] 00:07:10.148 --> 00:07:11.798 Man in Sweater: No. We'll clean it 00:07:11.798 --> 00:07:14.028 afterwards. We want to give you 00:07:14.028 --> 00:07:15.458 bedding for now, yeah? 00:07:17.064 --> 00:07:18.984 Narrator: This is Cranfield, the 00:07:18.984 --> 00:07:22.154 intensive care ward. Home to the hospital's 00:07:22.154 --> 00:07:25.424 most acute mentally ill patients. 00:07:25.475 --> 00:07:29.408 [door shutting, keys jangling, people speaking unintelligibly] 00:07:33.501 --> 00:07:35.261 Female Voice: Hi, can we come in and 00:07:35.261 --> 00:07:36.841 talk to you, yeah? 00:07:36.841 --> 00:07:39.151 Man in Sweater: Sit on the bed for us 00:07:39.151 --> 00:07:41.121 Narrator: Any contact with them has to be 00:07:41.121 --> 00:07:42.701 carefully planned and executed. 00:07:43.521 --> 00:07:45.981 This is a six person unlock. 00:07:45.981 --> 00:07:48.131 The door to this patients room can only be 00:07:48.131 --> 00:07:52.131 opened with six staff present. 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:55.401 Man in Glasses: There is always the risk 00:07:55.401 --> 00:07:57.304 of violence towards others, you 00:07:57.304 --> 00:07:59.304 have to accept that with chronic mental 00:07:59.304 --> 00:08:01.474 illness and they will be very disturbed 00:08:01.474 --> 00:08:03.224 throughout the day, but you have to 00:08:03.224 --> 00:08:04.824 learn to work with that. 00:08:04.824 --> 00:08:09.514 [person sobbing] 00:08:09.514 --> 00:08:11.684 My focus in working with these guys is 00:08:11.684 --> 00:08:13.634 actually telling them that they are here 00:08:13.634 --> 00:08:15.232 not because of the illness, they 00:08:15.232 --> 00:08:16.762 are here because of violence. 00:08:16.762 --> 00:08:18.782 And they only progress from here 00:08:18.782 --> 00:08:21.022 if there's a reduction in that violence. 00:08:21.022 --> 00:08:22.862 So that message, you know. 00:08:22.862 --> 00:08:25.402 It might take time, but gradually 00:08:25.402 --> 00:08:27.222 over a period of time, it's that 00:08:27.222 --> 00:08:28.297 going through. 00:08:28.297 --> 00:08:33.047 [keys jangling, unintelligible talking in background] 00:08:33.047 --> 00:08:34.887 Narrator: On this ward, even the most 00:08:34.887 --> 00:08:36.856 routine tasks run a risk of violence and 00:08:36.856 --> 00:08:39.266 involve a protocol. 00:08:40.245 --> 00:08:42.141 This patient has asked for a drink. 00:08:42.739 --> 00:08:45.609 (Moe): Just give us a minute, she's going to get a cup 00:08:45.609 --> 00:08:47.572 [unintelligible] 00:08:47.572 --> 00:08:49.072 Shukran. Shukran 00:08:49.072 --> 00:08:51.870 Shukran means thank you, right? 00:08:51.870 --> 00:08:54.030 You know, you taught me all this. 00:08:57.127 --> 00:08:59.647 [laughs] 00:08:59.701 --> 00:09:00.901 Right. 00:09:02.123 --> 00:09:03.323 [unintelligble] 00:09:03.774 --> 00:09:04.954 You go sit down. 00:09:05.459 --> 00:09:07.468 No, the one in the back. 00:09:07.468 --> 00:09:08.346 Alright? 00:09:11.765 --> 00:09:13.925 Inmate: [unintelligible] give me some more? 00:09:13.925 --> 00:09:16.517 Moe: I'm gonna have it there for you, okay? 00:09:18.227 --> 00:09:19.187 Thank you! 00:09:20.612 --> 00:09:22.132 Female voice: Thank you guys. 00:09:24.970 --> 00:09:26.980 Narrator: Life in Broadmoor can be a game 00:09:26.980 --> 00:09:28.394 of snakes and ladders. 00:09:28.394 --> 00:09:30.636 With patients moving between the hospitals 00:09:30.636 --> 00:09:31.956 15 wards according to their 00:09:31.956 --> 00:09:33.096 mental state. 00:09:35.769 --> 00:09:36.880 [door closing] 00:09:38.033 --> 00:09:39.983 Patients who have responded to treatment 00:09:39.983 --> 00:09:41.798 can progress to one of the hospital's 00:09:41.798 --> 00:09:43.348 Assertive Rehab Wards, where 00:09:43.348 --> 00:09:44.998 they're given greater freedom. 00:09:47.384 --> 00:09:49.844 Daniel is one of 12 patients on this ward. 00:09:50.930 --> 00:09:52.886 Daniel: I've been here five years. 00:09:52.886 --> 00:09:54.856 Luckily I never went to a high dependency 00:09:54.856 --> 00:09:56.813 ward, I came straight to rehab. 00:09:56.813 --> 00:09:59.783 And, to be honest, it's been... 00:09:59.783 --> 00:10:01.583 I wouldn't use the word wonderful... 00:10:01.583 --> 00:10:03.493 Cos eh... it's not wonderful. 00:10:03.493 --> 00:10:05.853 But, I've been grateful basically to come here. 00:10:07.739 --> 00:10:09.759 In my spare time I try and engage 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:10.834 in artwork mostly. 00:10:10.834 --> 00:10:12.824 This was the, uh... my first real attempt 00:10:12.824 --> 00:10:15.444 at an actual portrait. All done completely 00:10:15.444 --> 00:10:16.574 in graphite, 00:10:18.364 --> 00:10:19.724 and then I moved on to using 00:10:19.724 --> 00:10:22.234 charcoal along with, uh.. graphite. 00:10:22.270 --> 00:10:24.600 And the charcoal allows you to, to have 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:28.070 so much more...uhhh...depth in the tonal quality. 00:10:28.498 --> 00:10:31.221 And then, yeah....I did a self-portrait. 00:10:31.221 --> 00:10:33.221 The whole, the whole picture was a 00:10:33.221 --> 00:10:35.051 statement about when I got locked up, 00:10:35.051 --> 00:10:37.241 when I was 14 and I'm now 24. 00:10:37.241 --> 00:10:41.241 This is me at 24, but uh, that's me..... 00:10:41.241 --> 00:10:43.861 back then...sort of thing.... 00:10:45.834 --> 00:10:48.484 Narrator: Mental Disorder is no respecter 00:10:48.484 --> 00:10:50.643 of class or education. 00:10:51.180 --> 00:10:53.270 Daniel was a 14 year old boy at a 00:10:53.270 --> 00:10:55.624 mainstream school, and no one anticipated 00:10:55.624 --> 00:10:57.704 the violence of his attack.... 00:10:57.704 --> 00:11:00.114 on his own family. 00:11:06.397 --> 00:11:10.397 [Heavy guitar riff] 00:11:11.817 --> 00:11:13.919 All of the men in Broadmoor present a 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:15.958 grave and immediate risk to the public. 00:11:15.958 --> 00:11:18.538 And many have committed violent crimes. 00:11:18.758 --> 00:11:21.798 From arson, to torture, rape and murder. 00:11:23.246 --> 00:11:25.516 Unlike a prison sentence, they have 00:11:25.516 --> 00:11:27.101 no release date. 00:11:28.927 --> 00:11:30.737 Daniel: I've been a bit of a conundrum 00:11:30.737 --> 00:11:32.077 for the psychologists. 00:11:32.077 --> 00:11:34.217 And I've have, I've had about nine different 00:11:34.217 --> 00:11:36.987 diagnoses from thirty different doctors. 00:11:36.987 --> 00:11:38.697 I've had seminars about me done, 00:11:38.697 --> 00:11:40.997 I've had people wanting to write books about me, 00:11:40.997 --> 00:11:42.897 just because of the unusuallity of 00:11:42.897 --> 00:11:46.487 my offense, and my age, and what happened... 00:11:46.487 --> 00:11:48.467 I mean, my family are my saving grace 00:11:48.467 --> 00:11:49.921 to be honest here. They, they, 00:11:49.921 --> 00:11:51.591 they're hugely...hugely supportive. 00:11:51.591 --> 00:11:54.381 And what's even more amazing is that my offense 00:11:54.381 --> 00:11:56.471 was actually orientated against my family. 00:11:56.471 --> 00:11:59.491 So I think...so the fact.... and, and, what a 00:11:59.491 --> 00:12:02.201 lot of people see is that, when a family 00:12:02.201 --> 00:12:04.111 member has committed an offense against 00:12:04.111 --> 00:12:07.328 a family member they often... dis-disown them. 00:12:07.328 --> 00:12:09.673 So it think it's...it's too much for the family. 00:12:09.673 --> 00:12:12.743 But, they-they, have told me that they swore 00:12:12.743 --> 00:12:14.653 they'd stay by me when they, when I was 00:12:14.653 --> 00:12:16.983 christened, and they have. So I think, ya know... 00:12:16.983 --> 00:12:19.684 They've always-they've always agreed I've had Aspergers. 00:12:19.684 --> 00:12:21.443 One of the problems I have is I'm 00:12:21.443 --> 00:12:23.576 not very good at understanding emotions. 00:12:23.576 --> 00:12:26.686 Or...if I have a...if I'm feeling something 00:12:26.686 --> 00:12:28.986 I don't always understand what it is that 00:12:28.986 --> 00:12:29.918 I'm feeling. 00:12:29.918 --> 00:12:32.808 But if I can draw it, I can get out these 00:12:32.808 --> 00:12:35.258 angry feelings, or these frustrations of 00:12:35.258 --> 00:12:38.008 being locked up, or guilt, or remorse. 00:12:38.008 --> 00:12:40.638 All these, all these negative feelings I 00:12:40.638 --> 00:12:43.528 can channel through this imaginative artworks. 00:12:44.348 --> 00:12:49.388 [background talking, lunch bags rustle] 00:12:49.388 --> 00:12:52.984 Daniel: I've probably never actually said the words of what I actually done. 00:12:52.984 --> 00:12:54.474 I've never admitted it. 00:12:56.826 --> 00:12:59.734 Because I still, I still get flashbacks. 00:12:59.734 --> 00:13:01.204 It's mainly guilt. 00:13:01.204 --> 00:13:03.724 I still-I still struggle to bring it to mind 00:13:03.724 --> 00:13:06.214 It's still just a blur in my head. 00:13:06.214 --> 00:13:08.464 I've done such a terrible thing. Thats one 00:13:08.464 --> 00:13:11.004 of the things that I've got to got to come 00:13:11.004 --> 00:13:13.234 to terms with eventually is that I've 00:13:13.234 --> 00:13:17.234 done this, it's happened, and it WILL be 00:13:17.234 --> 00:13:19.334 with me forever. 00:13:20.473 --> 00:13:22.833 Narrator: We're not allowed to reveal the 00:13:22.833 --> 00:13:24.660 details of Daniel's offense. 00:13:25.243 --> 00:13:26.073 Man in Suit: Okay 00:13:26.073 --> 00:13:29.363 Daniel: Umm, the other thing I was wondering about was, I sort of get 00:13:29.363 --> 00:13:32.783 problems of fine motor control and spatial awareness, 00:13:32.783 --> 00:13:35.753 and like bumping into things, and dropping 00:13:35.753 --> 00:13:36.886 things a lot. 00:13:37.178 --> 00:13:39.558 Man in Suit: As you're saying it's not one of 00:13:39.558 --> 00:13:41.638 the most common side effect. In fact, the 00:13:41.638 --> 00:13:42.908 opposite has been reported. 00:13:42.908 --> 00:13:44.898 Narrator: Daniel is taking medication and 00:13:44.898 --> 00:13:46.554 undergoing psychological therapy. 00:13:46.554 --> 00:13:48.866 These, together with everyday interaction 00:13:48.866 --> 00:13:51.166 with staff are the cornerstones of 00:13:51.166 --> 00:13:52.366 the treatment here. 00:13:52.366 --> 00:13:54.386 Man in Suit: Have you noticed any benefit? 00:13:54.386 --> 00:13:57.256 Daniel: I don't really know what it is I'm looking for. 00:13:57.256 --> 00:13:59.216 Man in Suit: I have noticed a difference 00:13:59.216 --> 00:14:01.486 in you, not within the last week, but 00:14:01.486 --> 00:14:03.816 certainly over the last three months. I 00:14:03.816 --> 00:14:06.016 think that you are much more able to 00:14:06.016 --> 00:14:08.616 spend longer time with people in one to 00:14:08.616 --> 00:14:09.796 one situations. 00:14:09.909 --> 00:14:14.039 [ducks quack, somber music] 00:14:14.259 --> 00:14:16.579 Narrator: Broadmoor can feel like a ghost 00:14:16.579 --> 00:14:19.090 town. Patients can only move at certain 00:14:19.090 --> 00:14:21.714 times and in certain configurations. 00:14:22.110 --> 00:14:24.740 Their cameras record where each patient is 00:14:24.740 --> 00:14:26.240 at any given moment. 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:30.670 [Radio Chatter] 00:14:30.869 --> 00:14:33.489 The control room ensures that incompatible 00:14:33.489 --> 00:14:35.765 patients, do not collide. 00:14:36.011 --> 00:14:40.611 [Radio Chatter] 00:14:41.437 --> 00:14:43.842 Patients who are well enough, leave their 00:14:43.842 --> 00:14:46.962 wards to go to work, study, and even once 00:14:46.962 --> 00:14:49.613 a week go shopping. It's strangely like a 00:14:49.613 --> 00:14:51.393 village. 00:14:51.393 --> 00:14:56.263 Inmate: You got any wine gums? Wine gums? No wine gums or nothing? 00:14:56.263 --> 00:14:58.049 Is this a shop or not? 00:15:01.038 --> 00:15:03.365 Inmate: Shut up Inmate 2: You shut up 00:15:03.365 --> 00:15:08.396 Shopkeeper Whats going on? You sure it's okay? 00:15:08.396 --> 00:15:09.886 [indistinct response] 00:15:09.886 --> 00:15:10.907 Shopkeeper: Good. 00:15:13.488 --> 00:15:15.872 Narrator: The freedom to shop is a 00:15:15.872 --> 00:15:18.352 mixed blessing. One of the side effects 00:15:18.352 --> 00:15:21.482 of medication is increased appetite 00:15:21.482 --> 00:15:24.582 and many patients are severely overweight. 00:15:25.456 --> 00:15:29.736 [indistinct talking] 00:15:29.906 --> 00:15:32.716 Narrator:However normal it feels, the reminder of 00:15:32.716 --> 00:15:34.695 the threat of violence is ever-present. 00:15:35.478 --> 00:15:37.924 Searches looking for potential weapons 00:15:37.924 --> 00:15:40.473 are carried out before any patient movement. 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:43.409 Hospital Staff: This is stuff that we've 00:15:43.409 --> 00:15:46.617 retrieved from patients. I think this is 00:15:46.617 --> 00:15:49.727 just, what used to be a CD and its been 00:15:49.727 --> 00:15:52.297 broken up into shards. It can be used as a 00:15:52.297 --> 00:15:54.167 blade, even for self harming. 00:15:54.167 --> 00:15:56.605 In fact, we don't use the CDs here anymore. 00:15:56.678 --> 00:15:59.128 We've got spoons and forks that have been 00:15:59.128 --> 00:16:01.597 sharpened off on the edge. So a normal 00:16:01.597 --> 00:16:04.327 teaspoon-plastic spoon-which is quite innocent 00:16:04.327 --> 00:16:06.807 to you and I, has been fashioned off and 00:16:06.807 --> 00:16:09.108 can be used as a potential weapon to stab. 00:16:09.108 --> 00:16:11.458 It's an example of how vigilant we have to 00:16:11.458 --> 00:16:13.052 be with everyday items. 00:16:14.078 --> 00:16:15.078 [radio chatter] 00:16:16.105 --> 00:16:18.531 Alex: I've done a lot of self harming, as 00:16:18.531 --> 00:16:21.681 you can see. I've cut my own throat a couple 00:16:21.681 --> 00:16:24.511 of times. I've cut my throat like four 00:16:24.511 --> 00:16:27.161 times I think. Umm funny enough, I think 00:16:27.161 --> 00:16:29.256 It was like five weeks before I come here, 00:16:29.256 --> 00:16:32.426 I hung myself and they had to do CPR 00:16:32.426 --> 00:16:33.416 on me in the cell. 00:16:33.416 --> 00:16:34.576 Like, you know? 00:16:36.932 --> 00:16:39.332 I was sexually abused when I was a child 00:16:39.332 --> 00:16:41.712 and that had an affect on my behavior, 00:16:41.712 --> 00:16:43.192 on my mental state. 00:16:43.192 --> 00:16:46.352 I couldn't sleep at night, and the rest of it... I was, you know... 00:16:46.352 --> 00:16:48.272 Basically everything that you go through 00:16:48.272 --> 00:16:51.372 when you've had a traumatic situation like I did. 00:16:52.245 --> 00:16:54.232 I think as well as being here, 00:16:54.232 --> 00:16:56.062 I said to my mum 'this feels like the 00:16:56.062 --> 00:16:58.111 best I've ever been in ten years.' 00:17:01.485 --> 00:17:03.745 Man in Tan Suit: Patients that come here, 00:17:03.745 --> 00:17:05.851 they will have perpetrated, often, 00:17:05.851 --> 00:17:08.691 horrendous crimes. But, they are also 00:17:08.691 --> 00:17:12.791 victims. It is very easy to see somebody 00:17:12.791 --> 00:17:14.981 as either the perpetrator or the victim. 00:17:14.981 --> 00:17:17.399 It is much more difficult to understand 00:17:17.399 --> 00:17:19.889 that somebody might be both. 00:17:19.949 --> 00:17:22.049 [squirrel chatters] 00:17:22.049 --> 00:17:29.029 [loud drumming and incoherent yelling] 00:17:29.396 --> 00:17:31.776 Narrator: Patients from different wards 00:17:31.776 --> 00:17:33.347 meet at certain events. 00:17:33.538 --> 00:17:35.198 (Neita): Hi, first of all, thank 00:17:35.198 --> 00:17:36.641 you for giving up your time. 00:17:36.641 --> 00:17:38.891 I know you could be doing other things, I know 00:17:38.891 --> 00:17:40.461 you have different [trails off] 00:17:40.461 --> 00:17:42.551 Narrator: Todays a diversity workshop and 00:17:42.551 --> 00:17:45.371 Poet and Lawyer Dave Neita is encouraging 00:17:45.371 --> 00:17:47.418 them to celebrate their different cultures. 00:17:47.418 --> 00:17:50.391 Neita: Today we're gonna invite you to speak 00:17:50.391 --> 00:17:52.691 about your own culture, but before 00:17:52.691 --> 00:17:54.661 that we're going to have lunch. 00:17:56.525 --> 00:17:59.190 But most of them are celebrating lunch. 00:17:59.190 --> 00:18:03.190 [drums continue] 00:18:03.190 --> 00:18:05.650 With no alcohol or tobacco allowed, food 00:18:05.650 --> 00:18:08.210 is the only thing they have free reign over. 00:18:08.365 --> 00:18:13.785 [drums in background] 00:18:14.725 --> 00:18:17.895 Alex: My mum's Italian and my dad's from a little island in Africa 00:18:17.895 --> 00:18:20.922 and I'd like to say that being multicultural 00:18:20.922 --> 00:18:24.622 It helps. It's good. It's nice to be different. 00:18:24.622 --> 00:18:26.492 Because different is what we need. We 00:18:26.492 --> 00:18:28.822 don't want everyone the same. And that's it. 00:18:28.822 --> 00:18:30.411 [applause] 00:18:31.001 --> 00:18:34.540 Declan: How'd I end up in here? Umm 00:18:34.540 --> 00:18:36.740 they said they had a spare bed so I 00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:38.950 thought 'I've been in children's homes, 00:18:38.950 --> 00:18:41.219 I've been in secure units, I've been in prison. 00:18:41.219 --> 00:18:43.293 The only place I haven't been is Broadmoor. 00:18:43.293 --> 00:18:45.203 So I thought I'd come along. 00:18:45.203 --> 00:18:47.813 [laughs] 00:18:47.813 --> 00:18:48.753 [drumming] 00:18:48.753 --> 00:18:50.993 Narrator: Now 26, Declan was put 00:18:50.993 --> 00:18:52.773 into care at the age of nine. 00:18:52.773 --> 00:18:54.413 Declan: I remember the day that my 00:18:54.413 --> 00:18:56.917 mum took me to this office. I sat there 00:18:56.917 --> 00:18:58.896 on a chair, and the next minute she just 00:18:58.896 --> 00:19:01.086 left. She went 'your not coming with me'. 00:19:01.176 --> 00:19:03.129 A social worker come out and she went 00:19:03.129 --> 00:19:04.802 'alright, you got to come with me'. 00:19:04.802 --> 00:19:07.293 I went to children's homes, foster homes. 00:19:07.293 --> 00:19:10.416 I kept running away, cause' I got abused 00:19:10.416 --> 00:19:12.284 when I was in the children home. By the 00:19:12.284 --> 00:19:16.928 staff. Sexually and physical. And umm I 00:19:16.928 --> 00:19:18.846 think it was like, no one would actually 00:19:18.846 --> 00:19:19.933 listen to me. 00:19:19.933 --> 00:19:22.521 I ran away to London, and I was living on 00:19:22.521 --> 00:19:24.652 the streets. I mean I was living out of 00:19:24.652 --> 00:19:27.113 bins, yeah....not nice but, when you're 00:19:27.113 --> 00:19:29.345 on the streets you have to do that sometimes. 00:19:29.345 --> 00:19:30.661 you know what I mean? 00:19:30.661 --> 00:19:32.603 Inmate in Red: Yeah guys, this is called 00:19:32.603 --> 00:19:33.572 Think, yeah? 00:19:33.572 --> 00:19:36.315 It goes like this: When you see a tramp 00:19:36.315 --> 00:19:38.711 out on the street. Don't look down your 00:19:38.711 --> 00:19:40.933 nose so far that you see your own feet. 00:19:40.933 --> 00:19:43.652 When you see people homeless don't reach 00:19:43.652 --> 00:19:45.855 for a broom. Consider if you have the 00:19:45.855 --> 00:19:47.669 means to give them a room. 00:19:47.669 --> 00:19:50.366 Declan: Am I a victim? I mean my current 00:19:50.366 --> 00:19:52.958 defendant...umm...basically stabbed 'em 00:19:52.958 --> 00:19:55.755 up. The judge classed it under as torture. 00:19:55.755 --> 00:19:58.384 Inmate in Blue: I'm Black, I'm 00:19:58.384 --> 00:20:00.407 British, and I'm proud of it [fades into 00:20:00.407 --> 00:20:04.494 clapping and drums]. 00:20:04.494 --> 00:20:06.508 (Interviewer): You say you've got a child? 00:20:06.508 --> 00:20:08.064 Declan: Mm-hm. Got a little boy, 00:20:08.064 --> 00:20:09.277 he's seven. 00:20:09.277 --> 00:20:10.980 And he lives with his mum. 00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:12.680 Don't really see him, but I would- 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:14.583 I wouldn't expect children to come in a 00:20:14.583 --> 00:20:15.610 place like this. 00:20:15.610 --> 00:20:18.470 (Interviewer): And are you still on good terms with his mum? 00:20:18.470 --> 00:20:20.760 Declan: Ummm... [laughs] 00:20:20.760 --> 00:20:22.321 Not really, no. 00:20:22.321 --> 00:20:24.348 I started having a bit of a relationship 00:20:24.348 --> 00:20:27.466 with [name beeped out]. Sooo, yeah..that 00:20:27.466 --> 00:20:29.969 was the first time I found out that I was 00:20:29.969 --> 00:20:32.991 sort of that way. 00:20:32.991 --> 00:20:35.007 I've always-for some reason-I've always 00:20:35.007 --> 00:20:36.472 wanted to be a woman. 00:20:36.472 --> 00:20:39.243 I think that's the way I am, you know what I mean? 00:20:39.243 --> 00:20:41.284 But in this place you can't do that, 00:20:41.284 --> 00:20:42.811 they won't allow it. 00:20:42.811 --> 00:20:44.969 Declan in front of room: I just wanted 00:20:44.969 --> 00:20:46.929 to say I'm gay, and I'm proud of it. 00:20:46.929 --> 00:20:47.754 Thank you. 00:20:47.754 --> 00:20:48.979 [applause] 00:20:49.203 --> 00:20:52.501 Declan: I want to be a Drag Queen, that's what I've done for a while. 00:20:52.501 --> 00:20:54.162 (Interviewer): What's she called? 00:20:54.162 --> 00:20:55.176 Declan: Crystal. 00:20:55.176 --> 00:20:57.114 (Interviewer): And what's she look like? 00:20:57.114 --> 00:20:59.246 Declan: Blonde, and just fabulous. 00:20:59.246 --> 00:21:01.484 [laughs] 00:21:03.493 --> 00:21:08.259 [Intense music] 00:21:08.722 --> 00:21:10.418 Narrator: We've come to Chepstow, a 00:21:10.418 --> 00:21:12.851 medium-dependancy ward, where Lenny 00:21:12.851 --> 00:21:14.568 wants to show us his artwork. 00:21:14.568 --> 00:21:16.390 (Interviewer): You do it in your room? 00:21:16.390 --> 00:21:19.885 Lenny: Yeah. I do work with spare pens, and it's mostly based on pens and 00:21:19.885 --> 00:21:22.323 basically your using cups and shapes 00:21:22.323 --> 00:21:24.361 and bottle tops to draw around. 00:21:24.371 --> 00:21:26.433 (Interviewer): How long have you been here? 00:21:26.433 --> 00:21:27.778 Lenny: 7 years this time. 00:21:27.778 --> 00:21:29.918 (Interviewer): Is it not your first time? 00:21:29.918 --> 00:21:31.574 Lenny: No it's the second time. 00:21:33.004 --> 00:21:34.784 What do you think of that one? 00:21:35.104 --> 00:21:37.809 That's the corridors in a ward that's shut down now 00:21:37.809 --> 00:21:40.460 (Interviewer): So why are you considered a risk? 00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:43.892 Lenny: Because...I think its because my particular offense was against a 00:21:43.892 --> 00:21:46.069 consulting psychiatrist. They 00:21:46.069 --> 00:21:48.634 called in a section 12 approved psychiatrist. 00:21:48.634 --> 00:21:50.592 And they're very powerful, not like- not 00:21:50.592 --> 00:21:54.244 like when you go to an ordinary doctor. They- they work for the home office. 00:21:54.244 --> 00:21:56.043 Narrator: He's not happy with life in 00:21:56.043 --> 00:21:57.999 Broadmoor, and tells us he's bringing a 00:21:57.999 --> 00:22:00.033 High Court case against the hospital. 00:22:00.033 --> 00:22:01.841 Lenny: It costs how much? What was the 00:22:01.841 --> 00:22:03.794 last figure they said it cost to keep us 00:22:03.794 --> 00:22:05.779 here every year? 320,000 pounds a year or 00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:10.418 something? Surely its-its wrong to charge 00:22:10.418 --> 00:22:12.427 a fortune for people like us. When we're 00:22:12.427 --> 00:22:15.728 nowhere near about the centers of the 00:22:15.728 --> 00:22:16.486 community. 00:22:17.196 --> 00:22:19.370 Narrator: I costs 300,000 pounds a year 00:22:19.370 --> 00:22:21.753 to keep a patient in Broadmoor. Almost 00:22:21.753 --> 00:22:24.142 five times the cost of keeping someone in prison. 00:22:26.242 --> 00:22:28.511 Before Lenny came to Broadmoor, he was 00:22:28.511 --> 00:22:30.896 in outpatient at a psychiatric hospital 00:22:30.896 --> 00:22:33.499 where he threatened his psychiatrist with 00:22:33.499 --> 00:22:34.334 a machete. 00:22:34.714 --> 00:22:37.113 (Interviewer): Do you think you should be here, or? 00:22:37.113 --> 00:22:39.754 Lenny: Do you think I sound like a mad blathering idiot? 00:22:39.754 --> 00:22:43.472 Cause' I think-No I don't think I should be, I think I should be sharing this- 00:22:43.472 --> 00:22:46.464 my life- with people, I want to be sharing my life with people. 00:22:46.464 --> 00:22:49.279 I want to be able to decide what I do, when I do it, and be 00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:51.270 reasonably responsible for my 00:22:51.270 --> 00:22:53.229 own behavior, like anyone else out there. 00:22:53.229 --> 00:22:57.027 And I don't think I'll be any more of a danger than whatever's already out there 00:22:57.027 --> 00:23:00.883 And I will be honest with you, I am rude here, I could be really furious and angry 00:23:00.883 --> 00:23:04.754 and people come with 'You're the patient, yeah?' That is a term we use to separate 00:23:04.754 --> 00:23:08.453 you from the rest of society, we're the last thing on earth -this is the truth 00:23:08.453 --> 00:23:11.973 here- to be given what you call equal rights. What do you think? You agree 00:23:11.973 --> 00:23:14.217 or not? I'm not anti-people I'm all for people. 00:23:14.427 --> 00:23:16.530 Narrator: Downstairs on the admissions ward, 00:23:16.530 --> 00:23:18.535 Alex is keen to progress. 00:23:18.535 --> 00:23:20.405 Alex: I was seven months up in here 00:23:20.405 --> 00:23:22.277 yesterday, seven months yesterday. It's 00:23:22.277 --> 00:23:24.920 taking forever. Are you aware of any 00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:27.116 beds coming up soon? 00:23:27.116 --> 00:23:29.233 Narrator: His medication has stabilized him. 00:23:29.233 --> 00:23:31.420 He wants to move from Admissions to 00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:33.923 an Assertive Rehab ward, where he'll 00:23:33.923 --> 00:23:35.238 have greater freedom. 00:23:35.988 --> 00:23:37.525 Man in suit: That I don't know. 00:23:37.525 --> 00:23:40.850 Alex: Well you should know, [laughing] you're the consultant in there! 00:23:40.850 --> 00:23:43.378 Man in suit: Yes- I can't- I don't know 00:23:43.378 --> 00:23:45.188 the timescales, cause it's not quite 00:23:45.188 --> 00:23:46.175 within my control... 00:23:48.625 --> 00:23:50.341 Narrator: Back upstairs on Chepstow, 00:23:50.341 --> 00:23:53.932 Benson, the PAT dog, has arrived for 00:23:53.932 --> 00:23:55.608 his weekly visit. 00:23:56.768 --> 00:23:58.629 Lenny's behavior over the past few days 00:23:58.629 --> 00:24:00.577 is becoming a cause for concern. 00:24:02.497 --> 00:24:04.113 He's been increasingly manic and 00:24:04.113 --> 00:24:06.407 hyperactive, and his doctor feels he 00:24:06.407 --> 00:24:07.931 needs medication. 00:24:07.931 --> 00:24:10.851 [door clatter] Dog Handler: Bye! 00:24:12.421 --> 00:24:14.572 Narrator: Lenny refuses to take it, 00:24:14.572 --> 00:24:17.455 so it'll have to be forcibly administered, 00:24:17.455 --> 00:24:18.992 by injection. 00:24:18.992 --> 00:24:22.337 Lenny: Hang on hang on, you filming? 00:24:22.337 --> 00:24:25.347 [crosstalk] 00:24:25.347 --> 00:24:29.295 Lenny: This is wrong, I'm not fighting you 00:24:29.295 --> 00:24:31.214 [crosstalk] 00:24:31.214 --> 00:24:38.757 [chatter] 00:24:41.827 --> 00:24:44.069 Doctor: Guys, we really need to get this 00:24:44.069 --> 00:24:45.883 started, if you just mind, just, just- 00:24:45.883 --> 00:24:47.601 please.. OK? All right 00:24:49.161 --> 00:24:51.499 Narrator: At this point, staff tell us 00:24:51.499 --> 00:24:53.307 to leave the ward. 00:24:53.307 --> 00:24:56.534 [moody music] 00:24:56.534 --> 00:24:59.490 We're told we can see Lenny the following 00:24:59.490 --> 00:25:01.928 day. [door shuts] 00:25:07.048 --> 00:25:13.870 [birds, brooding music] 00:25:13.870 --> 00:25:15.792 Lenny: Neil? Neil, could we have a key 00:25:15.792 --> 00:25:17.690 please? There should [unintelligible] 00:25:19.383 --> 00:25:21.587 Narrator: The day before, we were told to 00:25:21.587 --> 00:25:23.361 leave the ward when staff were about 00:25:23.361 --> 00:25:25.099 to forcibly inject Lenny with 00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:26.766 antipsychotic medication. 00:25:29.336 --> 00:25:32.316 He's keen to explain what happened after we left. 00:25:32.316 --> 00:25:33.632 Lenny: Come this way- 00:25:33.632 --> 00:25:35.308 So I moved into here- 00:25:35.308 --> 00:25:37.465 Narrator: He leads us into the seclusion area. 00:25:37.969 --> 00:25:39.170 Lenny: Come in, come in. 00:25:39.520 --> 00:25:42.956 All right, well [unintelligible] First of all, I was at that point, I was 00:25:42.956 --> 00:25:44.979 laying like this, alright, and I was 00:25:44.979 --> 00:25:48.495 talking saying 'Please don't turn me over, cos I'm not trying to fight you' 00:25:48.495 --> 00:25:50.507 And they said, and the next thing happened 00:25:50.507 --> 00:25:52.315 they all came in and [unintelligible] 00:25:52.315 --> 00:25:54.624 I can make a deal with them, I'm on the 00:25:54.624 --> 00:25:57.567 bed, so I'm like this, one point, all the 00:25:57.567 --> 00:25:59.379 staff were holding me, I was like that 00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:02.896 and said 'Would you please let me go, and I'll get up' so I went like that 00:26:02.896 --> 00:26:04.681 and stood like that and took down my 00:26:04.681 --> 00:26:06.255 pants and trousers and he stopped 00:26:06.255 --> 00:26:08.458 me there, let's see, I came out again, 00:26:08.458 --> 00:26:10.167 that's what happened, but I didn't- 00:26:10.167 --> 00:26:12.530 What do you think? What's your opinion about that? 00:26:12.530 --> 00:26:14.598 (Interviewer): But did you hit one of them? 00:26:14.598 --> 00:26:16.738 Lenny: Yeah but that's cos I was being chased- 00:26:16.738 --> 00:26:19.254 Larkin: One of the biggest areas of conflict, um 00:26:19.254 --> 00:26:21.106 between certainly doctor and patient 00:26:21.106 --> 00:26:22.504 is the issue of medication. 00:26:22.504 --> 00:26:24.168 Lenny: This one's sealed, alright? 00:26:24.168 --> 00:26:25.434 It's stifling sometimes. 00:26:25.434 --> 00:26:28.557 (Larkin): One of the difficulties with psychotic disorders is your 00:26:28.557 --> 00:26:31.351 interpretation of reality is different from other people's. 00:26:31.351 --> 00:26:33.067 And if you genuinely believe there's 00:26:33.067 --> 00:26:35.813 nothing wrong with you and you don't need any medication, 00:26:35.813 --> 00:26:38.586 why on earth would you want to take some of the medications 00:26:38.586 --> 00:26:40.420 that would be up for discussion? 00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:43.821 Lenny: Could we open this door please? (Larkin): He's particularly angry 00:26:43.821 --> 00:26:47.415 for two reasons, one is he doesn't believe he'll benefit from the medication 00:26:47.415 --> 00:26:51.101 at all, second reason is that he believes he's involved in a major, high court 00:26:51.101 --> 00:26:54.636 case against the hospital to expose a range of malpractice particularly in 00:26:54.636 --> 00:26:58.068 relation to him, but in general about how these services are just really 00:26:58.068 --> 00:27:00.893 keeping people in jobs and don't provide any useful service. 00:27:00.893 --> 00:27:04.372 Lenny: The hospital's defense is just- 'Here's some of the most notorious 00:27:04.372 --> 00:27:06.378 people in the country,' I'll show you what- 00:27:06.378 --> 00:27:10.030 (Larkin): He believes we've given him the medication purely to dull his mind 00:27:10.030 --> 00:27:13.930 and weaken his chances of being successful in that case. In fact he's not currently 00:27:13.930 --> 00:27:16.140 involved in any, uh legal action or court case. 00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:19.675 (Lenny): No you're not going in there, it's private, sorry come on you guys 00:27:19.675 --> 00:27:22.015 Look at that, that's my mum and me. 00:27:22.015 --> 00:27:25.534 See she pretty in the black and white from the '60s, see her? 00:27:25.534 --> 00:27:27.387 (Larkin): He's a man who's spent a long 00:27:27.387 --> 00:27:29.506 time in institutional care, um in previous 00:27:29.506 --> 00:27:31.553 settings was frequently assaulted, he was 00:27:31.553 --> 00:27:33.276 violent himself on several occasions 00:27:33.276 --> 00:27:34.408 but he often assaulted. 00:27:34.408 --> 00:27:37.280 Lenny: You want a drink or anything, cup of tea or something? 00:27:37.280 --> 00:27:39.800 [offscreen] I'm fine You sure, any sweet, soft drink? 00:27:39.800 --> 00:27:41.830 [offscreen] Nothing 00:27:41.830 --> 00:27:44.969 Lenny: Alright thanks very, thank you very much [unintelligible] 00:27:46.713 --> 00:27:50.295 [contemplative music] 00:27:55.495 --> 00:28:01.487 [keys clattering, chatter] 00:28:04.507 --> 00:28:06.490 [offscreen] Just check to make sure, all 00:28:06.490 --> 00:28:08.992 the shadows are covered.. 00:28:10.492 --> 00:28:12.462 So they're checked, first thing in the 00:28:12.462 --> 00:28:14.983 morning, again before the patients go back 00:28:19.156 --> 00:28:20.500 [door handle rattles] 00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:23.624 Narrator: Patients who are well enough 00:28:23.624 --> 00:28:26.085 to go to work can make goods, which go 00:28:26.085 --> 00:28:28.503 on sale to the public. They are paid 00:28:28.503 --> 00:28:30.022 80 pence an hour. 00:28:34.952 --> 00:28:37.011 Alex has been doing well and is now 00:28:37.011 --> 00:28:39.021 allowed off the Admissions ward to 00:28:39.021 --> 00:28:39.929 come to work. 00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:42.809 Alex: Everyone's saying 'Oh you gonna move 00:28:42.809 --> 00:28:44.792 you're gonna move' they said I would have 00:28:44.792 --> 00:28:46.505 moved by Thursday last week, nothing 00:28:46.505 --> 00:28:48.557 so far now, I've been onto my psychiatrist 00:28:48.557 --> 00:28:52.045 saying, 'Look, why am I still on at Admission ward, 00:28:52.045 --> 00:28:54.166 after 8 months, when there's a bed for me 00:28:54.166 --> 00:28:54.995 on Rehab? Know?' 00:28:54.995 --> 00:28:58.277 (Interviewer): You a bit frustrated? Alex: Yeah it is frustrating, but 00:28:58.277 --> 00:29:00.284 I'm just at the moment, focusing, cos next 00:29:00.284 --> 00:29:02.117 week I've got a visit, mum and dad are 00:29:02.117 --> 00:29:04.778 coming up for 2 days, so, y'know, I'll 00:29:04.778 --> 00:29:06.263 spend some time with my family. 00:29:06.263 --> 00:29:08.124 [tapping] 00:29:08.124 --> 00:29:10.269 [outdoor ambiance, guitar music] 00:29:10.269 --> 00:29:12.298 Narrator: They have a saying here: 00:29:12.298 --> 00:29:15.382 There's time, and then there's Broadmoor Time. 00:29:15.762 --> 00:29:17.796 Tan shirt: Which episode did you see last, 00:29:17.796 --> 00:29:20.481 of Eastenders? Bout a week ago? Black shirt: Last night? 00:29:20.481 --> 00:29:22.923 Tan shirt: Last night? Black shirt: Last night yeah. 00:29:22.923 --> 00:29:26.695 Tan shirt: Did they show the man who was pretending to be Nick Cotton's own son? 00:29:26.695 --> 00:29:28.485 Black shirt: No I didn't see it 00:29:29.809 --> 00:29:31.567 Narrator: While medication can often 00:29:31.567 --> 00:29:34.174 control behavior, extensive therapy is 00:29:34.174 --> 00:29:36.774 needed to change it, and that takes time. 00:29:36.774 --> 00:29:38.928 Estelle: I'm in the diary, ok? [offscreen] OK 00:29:38.928 --> 00:29:41.903 Narrator: Estelle Moore is the hospital's 00:29:41.903 --> 00:29:45.317 lead psychologist, she's been here for 20 years. 00:29:45.317 --> 00:29:47.614 Estelle: [keys jangling] You alright? 00:29:47.614 --> 00:29:49.665 Declan: They say just carry on with the 00:29:49.665 --> 00:29:52.094 violent offenders group, what finishes in December 00:29:52.094 --> 00:29:54.695 Narrator: Patients undergo specific 00:29:54.695 --> 00:29:56.574 therapies depending on their offense, 00:29:56.574 --> 00:29:59.186 whether it's violence, sex offending, or 00:29:59.186 --> 00:30:00.789 fire setting. 00:30:00.789 --> 00:30:02.812 Declan: -understand our relationships and 00:30:02.812 --> 00:30:06.263 uhh, borderlines. No not borderlines, boundaries. 00:30:06.263 --> 00:30:09.346 Estelle: What sort of actions are safe 00:30:09.346 --> 00:30:11.820 and contained in relationships? The sorts 00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:14.213 of things that you would do that feel 00:30:14.213 --> 00:30:16.604 like normal and safe relationships? 00:30:16.604 --> 00:30:17.380 Declan: Laughter 00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:19.908 Estelle: Laughter? OK so laughing, 00:30:19.908 --> 00:30:24.214 Declan: Talking sensible. Feeling comfortable with each other. 00:30:26.300 --> 00:30:27.695 [keys, footsteps] 00:30:27.695 --> 00:30:31.749 Narrator: Declan was found guilty of a life-threatening assault on a man. 00:30:33.389 --> 00:30:36.224 Declan: Do I feel sorry for him? No. Will I do it again? No. 00:30:39.054 --> 00:30:42.515 No. I'm missing the sun, I'm missing the surfing. Know what I mean? 00:30:44.505 --> 00:30:46.535 [keys, door squeaks] 00:30:51.809 --> 00:30:52.768 [door shuts] 00:30:52.768 --> 00:30:55.728 [moody music] 00:31:00.028 --> 00:31:01.842 [ping pong ball clatters] 00:31:03.272 --> 00:31:05.236 Narrator: Lenny has been on antipsychotic 00:31:05.236 --> 00:31:07.084 medication for a few weeks. 00:31:07.084 --> 00:31:09.649 It has had time to build up in his system. 00:31:10.729 --> 00:31:14.185 Neil: Now he's had the depot injection, the chemicals from that 00:31:14.185 --> 00:31:18.876 are slowing down his reactions to the point where he has those few 00:31:18.876 --> 00:31:20.483 more seconds to think- 00:31:20.483 --> 00:31:23.048 'How am I gonna reply to this?' 00:31:23.048 --> 00:31:28.754 and he will reply in a much more- manner to what you or I would reply to something. 00:31:30.304 --> 00:31:32.772 I can definitely empathize with him, he 00:31:32.772 --> 00:31:35.059 hasn't come from a different background to me 00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:38.471 but he has come from different parents to me. 00:31:38.471 --> 00:31:40.912 (Interviewer): It seems to be the case with so many. 00:31:40.912 --> 00:31:44.084 Neil:Yeah, I know, I agree with that, you can 00:31:44.084 --> 00:31:47.516 probably see if you go back into, um, 00:31:47.516 --> 00:31:53.029 the lives of most of our patients, you could probably identify them at 00:31:53.029 --> 00:31:58.312 5, 6 years old, and say 'I'll be seeing you later on' and things like that. 00:31:58.312 --> 00:32:01.361 Lenny: He's alright here, he's my buddy, 00:32:01.361 --> 00:32:04.505 one day he's gonna tell the truth as well. [laughs] 00:32:04.505 --> 00:32:08.103 [walkie talkie chatter] 00:32:08.813 --> 00:32:10.462 (Tan Suit): Everyone is born with 00:32:10.462 --> 00:32:13.360 certain temperaments, with certain predispositions to certain 00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:17.791 behavior, and if you've been given a triple-whammy of, of genes, environment, 00:32:17.791 --> 00:32:22.757 upbringing, childhood adversity, substance misuse, all of those different 00:32:22.757 --> 00:32:25.366 aspects build up to make the person. 00:32:25.366 --> 00:32:29.821 And it's a long term project of gradually putting somebody back together and 00:32:29.821 --> 00:32:33.933 making sure that they stay in that recovered state. 00:32:35.503 --> 00:32:39.180 [ominous music] 00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:41.601 Narrator: Things have finally changed for Alex- 00:32:41.601 --> 00:32:45.137 after 8 months, he's been moved to Assertive Rehab. 00:32:45.137 --> 00:32:47.540 Alex: It's better over here, it's a little better. 00:32:47.540 --> 00:32:51.104 Got a lot more freedom, key to a door, 00:32:51.104 --> 00:32:55.344 come out when you want to make hot drinks, yeah, it's alright. 00:32:55.344 --> 00:32:59.378 Narrator: But it's not all good news. As so often in the past, 00:32:59.378 --> 00:33:02.159 he's in danger of self-harming. 00:33:02.159 --> 00:33:06.119 He's had to be put on Eyesight Observation which means nurses have to 00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:09.384 take turns to watch him, 24 hours a day. 00:33:09.384 --> 00:33:12.891 Alex: Cos my mental state haven't been the best, it's not nice, you know, 00:33:12.891 --> 00:33:17.125 hearing voices and what-have-you, but you know, just got to control it, 00:33:17.125 --> 00:33:19.468 that's all you can do, not let it get to you. 00:33:19.468 --> 00:33:22.712 (Alex): Dr Romero said I'm gonna be here a few years, yet 00:33:22.712 --> 00:33:24.629 (Nurse): A few years? Alex: A few years. 00:33:24.809 --> 00:33:27.671 (Nurse): How do you feel about that? Alex: I don't mind... 00:33:27.671 --> 00:33:30.193 Nurse: You don't mind? Alex: I'm here for a reason. 00:33:30.193 --> 00:33:32.301 Nurse: All right. Alex: Get better, innit? So 00:33:32.301 --> 00:33:37.021 if that means I got to stay a couple years, so be it. But- 00:33:37.021 --> 00:33:41.058 I'm getting there, now. (Nurse): You're getting there. 00:33:41.058 --> 00:33:42.957 Alex: [unintelligible] Nurse: Mhmm 00:33:42.957 --> 00:33:45.465 Alex: Least, at least there was no violence. 00:33:46.768 --> 00:33:51.141 (Nurse): Which is good! You should be proud of. 00:33:52.141 --> 00:33:54.151 At least it shows that you're 00:33:54.151 --> 00:33:56.051 making, you know, more progress. 00:33:57.251 --> 00:34:00.452 [meditative music] 00:34:00.452 --> 00:34:04.827 Narrator: Alex's mental state continued to deteriorate, after a couple of weeks 00:34:04.827 --> 00:34:07.468 on the ward did self-harm, and had to 00:34:07.468 --> 00:34:11.098 be moved back a High Dependency ward. 00:34:11.098 --> 00:34:13.793 [nighttime ambiance] 00:34:13.793 --> 00:34:16.401 [keys rattling, chatter] 00:34:18.101 --> 00:34:22.275 Narrator: On Chepstow Ward, Dr Larkin wants to discuss a recent incident 00:34:22.275 --> 00:34:24.954 involving Lenny and another doctor. 00:34:24.954 --> 00:34:28.453 Lenny: I would say that I was really pleased that they are now starting to 00:34:28.453 --> 00:34:31.212 track and find pedophiles in our society, how pleased I was, and that they 00:34:31.212 --> 00:34:33.929 weren't just ordinary poor folk that were getting nicked, it was also 00:34:33.929 --> 00:34:36.055 people of importance were getting found out. 00:34:36.055 --> 00:34:37.962 Larkin: Right Lenny: And I'm really pleased about that, 00:34:37.962 --> 00:34:39.803 and she felt threatened that I was saying it also included 00:34:39.803 --> 00:34:42.731 a couple of doctors, that were nicked for pedophilia. 00:34:42.731 --> 00:34:44.792 Larkin: You're not angry with her about something in her report? 00:34:44.792 --> 00:34:47.391 Lenny: No, it wasn't anything with her, it wasn't directed towards her 00:34:47.391 --> 00:34:49.881 it was directed towards the general idea of pedophilia, cos you know I am 00:34:49.881 --> 00:34:53.537 a victim of pedophilia, for 9 years, under the Home Office, when I was 00:34:53.537 --> 00:34:57.146 a child myself, and they've done nothing, but- um, bury that fact. 00:34:57.146 --> 00:35:01.330 Cos I'm an offender. I am an offender, and I admit that, I'm guilty of the crime 00:35:01.330 --> 00:35:04.376 that brought me to Broadmoor, I threatened to kill a Section 12 00:35:04.376 --> 00:35:07.627 consultant psychiatrist, like you are, with a machete. 00:35:08.339 --> 00:35:11.493 But, I'm not guilty of raping myself. Larkin: Well- 00:35:11.493 --> 00:35:14.396 I think the issue is that you felt nobody here was [crosstalk] 00:35:14.396 --> 00:35:18.071 Lenny: I was being tied up, right? Raped, against my will, alcohol shoved down 00:35:18.071 --> 00:35:22.655 my throat, right, pacified, with- with all kinds of medicines that belong to 00:35:22.655 --> 00:35:25.640 that person, you know, not me, so that I would be pliable 00:35:25.640 --> 00:35:28.383 and agree to having sex, which I didn't want to do, as a 00:35:28.383 --> 00:35:32.434 5 or 6 year-old boy, but 9 years I was in the system itself, being- 00:35:32.434 --> 00:35:35.726 seeing psychologists at the same time I'm being raped, and nobody did 00:35:35.726 --> 00:35:38.876 a single thing to help me. You are offering me therapy, and I'm not 00:35:38.876 --> 00:35:42.689 angry at you- I'm not angry at anybody- I'm angry at the people did what they did 00:35:42.689 --> 00:35:45.547 to me. And never recognized that I was a victim. 00:35:45.547 --> 00:35:48.020 Larkin: So, are we agreeing that you're gonna meet with David 00:35:48.020 --> 00:35:50.224 about options for therapy for you as a victim? 00:35:50.224 --> 00:35:53.265 Lenny: Yeah thank you very much Dr Larkin. Larkin: You're welcome, okay. 00:35:53.265 --> 00:35:55.584 Lenny: Thank you. I got to keep- I'm keeping trouble free- if I keep out of 00:35:55.584 --> 00:35:58.829 trouble for- for 12 weeks, they'll let me work in the cafe? 00:35:58.829 --> 00:36:00.469 Larkin: Yes, you think you can do that? 00:36:00.469 --> 00:36:03.056 Lenny: Be hard, but I'll give it a try. 00:36:06.146 --> 00:36:09.625 Narrator: The most challenging patients are housed here on Cranfield Ward. 00:36:09.625 --> 00:36:13.190 Any movement outside their rooms has to be carefully planned. 00:36:13.190 --> 00:36:15.850 Violence is always near the surface. 00:36:16.600 --> 00:36:21.569 Patients are allowed, one by one, in the yard, for limited periods. 00:36:22.929 --> 00:36:27.098 A patient doesn't want to return to his room. [radio chatter] 00:36:27.098 --> 00:36:31.087 (Patient): [cursing, hooting, laughing] 00:36:31.087 --> 00:36:32.609 Moe: OK 00:36:32.609 --> 00:36:38.360 (Patient): [laughter continues] 00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:40.308 Moe: He's gearing for a fight. 00:36:40.563 --> 00:36:41.838 Well, let's get the staff. 00:36:42.258 --> 00:36:46.646 Narrator: His primary nurse, Moe, has already given him an extra 30 minutes. 00:36:49.206 --> 00:36:50.951 [chatter] 00:36:50.951 --> 00:36:54.632 Moe: It's a planned intervention. To relocate him to his room? 00:36:56.002 --> 00:37:02.493 Because um, his presentation dictates that he could put up a fight. 00:37:02.713 --> 00:37:05.604 (Interviewer): Do you feel he's a bit unstable at the moment? 00:37:05.604 --> 00:37:07.617 Moe: Yeah, very. Yeah. 00:37:09.487 --> 00:37:14.853 He's um... quite threatening and verbally abusive at the moment. Yeah... 00:37:17.193 --> 00:37:19.313 Narrator: Moe puts on a camera, to record 00:37:19.313 --> 00:37:23.028 the planned intervention, in the event of any violence. 00:37:25.498 --> 00:37:35.394 [chatter, dark music, patient laughing] 00:37:40.454 --> 00:37:44.042 (Patient): I want to stay out here, I'm not coming in, more time, fuck off! 00:37:44.042 --> 00:37:44.753 Fuck off! 00:37:45.243 --> 00:37:48.857 Narrator: On the intensive care ward, staff are preparing to move a 00:37:48.857 --> 00:37:51.845 reluctant patient back to his room, from the yard. 00:37:52.451 --> 00:37:55.703 (Patient): Fucking release me! Fucking release me man! 00:37:55.703 --> 00:37:59.276 Staff: I'm going home, and we are leaving six people, so we need to go. 00:37:59.276 --> 00:38:03.323 (Patient): One, two, three, four, five, six. It's a lot of people. 00:38:03.323 --> 00:38:06.436 Staff: Yeah we'll take it down, and six of us will take you down. 00:38:08.706 --> 00:38:10.706 (Patient): [crazed laughter] 00:38:10.706 --> 00:38:12.831 Staff: Can we go, because we need to go home? 00:38:12.831 --> 00:38:15.048 (Patient): Go home [unintelligible] I'm not troubling you! 00:38:15.048 --> 00:38:16.846 Staff 2: You need to be ready now, cos we are ready. 00:38:16.846 --> 00:38:19.650 Staff: Yeah turn around for us. Staff 2: Turn around, turn around for us. 00:38:19.650 --> 00:38:23.341 Staff: Right. Staff 2: Let's feed that hand to me, 00:38:23.341 --> 00:38:25.923 don't worry, do exactly what he says 00:38:25.923 --> 00:38:29.673 [chatter, beeping] 00:38:29.673 --> 00:38:32.573 Staff: Relax! Relax relax! Staff 2: Relax, bring it inside. 00:38:41.133 --> 00:38:44.995 Narrator: The hospital has forbidden us from showing this restraint procedure, 00:38:44.995 --> 00:38:48.922 even with the patient disguised, on the grounds that he doesn't have 00:38:48.922 --> 00:38:50.597 the capacity to consent. 00:38:50.597 --> 00:38:53.421 His voice has been replaced by an actors. 00:38:53.421 --> 00:38:55.501 (Patient): Fuck off! Get off me! [crosstalk] 00:39:09.221 --> 00:39:13.452 Narrator: Well-known for kicking staff, the patient is asked to remove his shoes. 00:39:14.982 --> 00:39:17.421 As predicted, he lashes out. 00:39:19.441 --> 00:39:21.328 [shouting] 00:39:24.568 --> 00:39:28.533 The 8 staff members get the patient onto the floor for everyone's safety. 00:39:28.533 --> 00:39:32.819 [echoing voices, shouts] 00:39:37.469 --> 00:39:41.415 They're outside his room. It's back on the floor in a final maneuver 00:39:41.415 --> 00:39:43.811 to get him safely through the door. 00:39:43.811 --> 00:39:46.838 [staff issuing commands] 00:39:54.068 --> 00:39:57.060 Narrator: Once in the room, the patient is placed on the bed, 00:39:57.060 --> 00:40:00.872 feet furthest from the door. Then one nurse will keep hold of his legs, 00:40:00.872 --> 00:40:04.231 another his arms, and a third, his head. 00:40:04.231 --> 00:40:05.258 (Patient): Sod off! 00:40:07.898 --> 00:40:10.105 Narrator: They let go and exit, one by one. 00:40:10.105 --> 00:40:11.326 Staff: Release the legs. 00:40:12.456 --> 00:40:16.204 Narrator: The last to let go is holding his head, and nearest to the door. 00:40:16.204 --> 00:40:24.584 [shouting] 00:40:24.584 --> 00:40:25.651 [slam] 00:40:25.651 --> 00:40:30.239 [chatter] 00:40:35.489 --> 00:40:40.374 Narrator: Whenever force has to be used, staff take time out to reappraise. 00:40:41.664 --> 00:40:43.957 Moe: -had been verbally abusive and threatening- 00:40:43.957 --> 00:40:47.928 (Staff): Are you okay? Moe: -clenching his fist, swearing. 00:40:47.928 --> 00:40:51.901 The minute [unintelligible], you know he's gonna fight. 00:40:53.811 --> 00:40:57.428 Staff: You can't predict these things, we did our best to try and manage it, 00:40:57.428 --> 00:41:00.673 but the most important thing is that everybody's safe and the 00:41:00.673 --> 00:41:04.130 procedures were followed very well, and the patient himself is not harmed 00:41:04.130 --> 00:41:07.923 or injured. So, that's it then, guys. Back to our jobs. 00:41:09.913 --> 00:41:14.852 [chatter, Moe sighs deeply] 00:41:15.582 --> 00:41:19.023 Narrator: On average, there are 5 physical assaults a week on staff. 00:41:19.023 --> 00:41:21.146 Staff: I'm ok, just a scratch. 00:41:21.146 --> 00:41:26.722 Narrator: Including punching, kicking , throwing hot liquids, urine and feces. 00:41:27.512 --> 00:41:31.322 Some are serious enough to warrant the hospital pursuing criminal charges. 00:41:32.292 --> 00:41:34.421 (Interviewer): Does that happen to you a lot? 00:41:34.421 --> 00:41:37.567 Staff: Well, it's part of, you know- (Staff 2:) Anyone at any time. 00:41:37.567 --> 00:41:41.333 Staff: Anyone at any time, mm. Obviously you can see the their- 00:41:41.333 --> 00:41:46.957 their state. Their mental state is very unstable. [laughs] 00:41:46.957 --> 00:41:52.590 Staff 3: Really, it was well managed. Cos there are times you can get serious 00:41:52.590 --> 00:41:53.336 injury. 00:41:56.546 --> 00:41:59.124 (Interviewer): So Moe, is every day like this for you? 00:41:59.124 --> 00:42:01.650 Moe: Sorry? (Interviewer): Is every day like this for 00:42:01.650 --> 00:42:02.520 you? Moe: Uhmmm 00:42:02.520 --> 00:42:03.805 Every other day. 00:42:03.805 --> 00:42:07.333 There are days when, um, the ward will be very settled, patients are quiet, 00:42:07.333 --> 00:42:11.853 all will be in a happy mood, but not all the time cos their 00:42:11.853 --> 00:42:14.120 mental state tends to subside a lot. 00:42:14.120 --> 00:42:16.733 (Interviewer): So you were right about him though, weren't you? 00:42:16.733 --> 00:42:20.239 Moe: Yeah of course, actually I am his primary nurse, so I know him. 00:42:20.239 --> 00:42:23.261 You know, you can tell, we can see it's coming- 00:42:23.261 --> 00:42:25.810 It's about knowing your patients, we know all of them. 00:42:25.810 --> 00:42:28.831 (Interviewer): So was he complaining about how many of you there were there? 00:42:28.831 --> 00:42:30.896 He was counting, how many staff there were. 00:42:30.896 --> 00:42:35.558 Moe: He knew that we are ready for action, you know? 00:42:35.558 --> 00:42:39.731 Inasmuch as they are mentally ill, but they are not stupid. 00:42:41.321 --> 00:42:46.447 Yeah, some of them, they know exactly what they are doing. It's kind of 00:42:46.447 --> 00:42:50.416 like, pre-planned, 'I'm gonna get them' and they look at the teams and say 00:42:50.416 --> 00:42:54.009 'Oh I think this is a weak team,' and then they will go for it. 00:42:56.269 --> 00:43:02.752 [muffled screaming, keys rattling, chatter] 00:43:08.112 --> 00:43:12.705 Narrator: Patients like these on Cranfield can progress. They will eventually 00:43:12.705 --> 00:43:17.214 move on to other wards, and, with time, even out of the hospital. 00:43:18.284 --> 00:43:22.616 Staff: You watching football or something? The finals? You watching it. 00:43:22.616 --> 00:43:26.109 We'll bring you out to the [unintelligible] so you can 00:43:26.109 --> 00:43:27.813 watch it live, yeah? Good man. 00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:39.096 [somber keyboard music] ♪Every day there is none for you ♪ 00:43:39.096 --> 00:43:50.095 ♪and every day we can start anew ♪ ♪we've only got one chance in the world ♪ 00:43:50.095 --> 00:43:52.736 ♪together ♪ 00:43:52.736 --> 00:44:05.262 ♪make a dream come true ♪ ♪hold on, and treasure your love ♪