1 00:00:06,242 --> 00:00:08,652 [Solemn music plays, noises of nature in 2 00:00:08,652 --> 00:00:09,840 background] 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,853 Narrator: Broadmoor, a word that makes people shiver. 4 00:00:14,873 --> 00:00:17,673 Most think that Broadmoor is a prison, 5 00:00:17,673 --> 00:00:20,593 in fact it's a high secure psychiatric hospital, 6 00:00:20,593 --> 00:00:22,432 and home to some of the countries most 7 00:00:22,432 --> 00:00:24,762 dangerous and violent offenders. 8 00:00:24,762 --> 00:00:28,910 [Gate unlocking, mechanical noises] 9 00:00:28,910 --> 00:00:32,030 After five years of negotiation, and for the 10 00:00:32,030 --> 00:00:34,462 very first time, the hospital has allowed 11 00:00:34,462 --> 00:00:37,470 cameras in to meet the men who live behind 12 00:00:37,470 --> 00:00:38,652 these walls. 13 00:00:38,652 --> 00:00:44,694 [unintelligible yelling, sound of something slamming] 14 00:00:44,694 --> 00:00:48,340 [Running foot steps keys jangling] 15 00:00:48,340 --> 00:00:51,694 [more yelling and sounds of a struggle] 16 00:00:51,694 --> 00:00:53,884 [door slams] 17 00:00:53,884 --> 00:00:56,264 [foot steps echo in the hallway] 18 00:00:56,264 --> 00:00:58,684 Inmate: Broadmoores got this, this history 19 00:00:58,684 --> 00:01:01,410 about people being all these monsters here basically. 20 00:01:01,410 --> 00:01:03,110 But you can be violent, and it don't mean you're 21 00:01:03,110 --> 00:01:04,261 a bad person. 22 00:01:04,261 --> 00:01:04,991 'Cause sometimes 23 00:01:04,991 --> 00:01:06,751 you don't....you're not intendin' it. 24 00:01:06,751 --> 00:01:09,261 Over radio: "Hello Brovo one, two, and go. 25 00:01:09,261 --> 00:01:11,121 Over radio: "One going to the 26 00:01:11,121 --> 00:01:13,981 [ unintelligible] all radio. Alpha four. 27 00:01:13,981 --> 00:01:14,821 Over." 28 00:01:15,848 --> 00:01:18,134 The easiest reaction in the world is to 29 00:01:18,134 --> 00:01:20,136 see somebody that has committed something 30 00:01:20,136 --> 00:01:22,630 atrocious, label them as evil, want to 31 00:01:22,630 --> 00:01:25,866 lock the door and throw away the key. 32 00:01:26,660 --> 00:01:28,106 Daniel: "I've probably actually never said 33 00:01:28,106 --> 00:01:29,626 the words of what I've I actually done. 34 00:01:29,626 --> 00:01:32,406 I've never admitted it. Still just a blur 35 00:01:32,406 --> 00:01:33,976 in my head". 36 00:01:34,683 --> 00:01:36,533 [knocking on door] 37 00:01:37,524 --> 00:01:39,324 Inmate 2: "I've got born into this Italian 38 00:01:39,324 --> 00:01:42,834 family. Very, very violent. In some cases 39 00:01:42,834 --> 00:01:44,279 it would have been better to have killed 40 00:01:44,279 --> 00:01:46,373 me than to have allowed me to have this 41 00:01:46,373 --> 00:01:49,294 horrible life that I've had. 42 00:01:53,979 --> 00:01:56,409 Narrator: With unprecedented access, and 43 00:01:56,409 --> 00:01:58,739 filmed over a year, this series reveals 44 00:01:58,739 --> 00:02:01,039 the secrets of life inside Brittians most 45 00:02:01,039 --> 00:02:02,819 notorious institution. 46 00:02:02,819 --> 00:02:07,779 [Bell rings] 47 00:02:07,779 --> 00:02:13,999 [Solemn music] 48 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:16,080 Narrator: Broadmoor is perched above the 49 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,260 Berkshire village of Crowthorne. Just 40 50 00:02:18,260 --> 00:02:20,680 miles from the center of London. 51 00:02:21,810 --> 00:02:24,510 When people think of Broadmoore they think of 52 00:02:24,510 --> 00:02:26,670 Ronny Kray, Peter Sutcliffe, Robert 53 00:02:26,670 --> 00:02:28,940 Napper, and Kenneth Erskine. Some of the 54 00:02:28,940 --> 00:02:31,130 most dangerous killers the country has 55 00:02:31,130 --> 00:02:31,951 ever known. 56 00:02:33,319 --> 00:02:35,529 "The public perceive this place as 'oh, 57 00:02:35,529 --> 00:02:37,569 that's where the Yorkshire Rippers locked 58 00:02:37,569 --> 00:02:39,879 up, that's Rachel Nickell's killers locked 59 00:02:39,879 --> 00:02:43,709 up'. Broadmoor is an institution of lots of 60 00:02:43,709 --> 00:02:46,629 people. We're not all rapist pedophiles, 61 00:02:46,629 --> 00:02:50,629 or murderers. There is people in here for 62 00:02:50,629 --> 00:02:54,629 self-harming in prison, there's people in 63 00:02:54,629 --> 00:02:58,629 here for buggary and they've gotten in a prison, 64 00:02:58,629 --> 00:03:00,529 and there's people in here for very very 65 00:03:00,529 --> 00:03:01,809 evil things. 66 00:03:01,809 --> 00:03:03,679 and it brushes with all the same brush 67 00:03:03,679 --> 00:03:05,358 what station [unintelligible]". 68 00:03:05,358 --> 00:03:09,358 [loud string crescendo] 69 00:03:09,542 --> 00:03:11,022 Narrator: First built as a victorian 70 00:03:11,022 --> 00:03:13,377 lunatic asylum for the criminally insane, 71 00:03:13,830 --> 00:03:15,960 today Broadmoor is an NHS hospital. 72 00:03:17,881 --> 00:03:21,171 Over its 150 year history, its been a secretive 73 00:03:21,171 --> 00:03:24,881 and mysterious institution. 74 00:03:25,007 --> 00:03:27,277 Staff are under strict instructions not to 75 00:03:27,277 --> 00:03:30,207 discuss patients outside the hospital walls. 76 00:03:32,829 --> 00:03:34,299 [clicking as items are placed on conveyer 77 00:03:34,299 --> 00:03:35,569 and beeping of machinery] 78 00:03:35,569 --> 00:03:37,769 Many won't even admit to working here. 79 00:03:37,769 --> 00:03:39,149 Staff Member: " Close, close family 80 00:03:39,149 --> 00:03:41,209 members know that, obviously, where we 81 00:03:41,209 --> 00:03:43,781 work. But if we're in a normal mainstream 82 00:03:43,781 --> 00:03:45,707 than you would, you would probably say you 83 00:03:45,707 --> 00:03:47,983 work in the hospital or something. Don't 84 00:03:47,983 --> 00:03:49,663 really talk about the place." 85 00:03:49,663 --> 00:03:50,743 Staff Member #2: " Listen, if you said 86 00:03:50,743 --> 00:03:52,253 that you worked here. Ah, boy. You'd just 87 00:03:52,253 --> 00:03:53,573 spend the whole of a day, or the 88 00:03:53,573 --> 00:03:56,106 afternoon, with a barrage of questions about the place. 89 00:03:56,106 --> 00:03:58,366 So, it's just easy to say you work for the 90 00:03:58,366 --> 00:03:59,206 NHS". 91 00:04:00,753 --> 00:04:02,443 Narrator: They're told not to share 92 00:04:02,443 --> 00:04:03,625 personal information with the patients 93 00:04:03,625 --> 00:04:05,770 either, and to leave their private lives 94 00:04:05,770 --> 00:04:08,766 along with their possessions. At the front door. 95 00:04:12,407 --> 00:04:14,847 Broadmoor's most notorious patients, 96 00:04:14,847 --> 00:04:16,820 like Peter Sutcliffe and Kenneth Erskine, 97 00:04:16,820 --> 00:04:20,820 have chosen not to participate. 98 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:23,380 But many of the men here have been front 99 00:04:23,380 --> 00:04:26,378 page news and are vilified by society. 100 00:04:26,801 --> 00:04:28,451 This is the first time they've been 101 00:04:28,451 --> 00:04:30,481 allowed to tell their stories. 102 00:04:30,698 --> 00:04:31,898 Alex: I've everything from taking 103 00:04:31,898 --> 00:04:35,189 hostages, more hostage taking, stabbings, 104 00:04:35,189 --> 00:04:38,043 ya' know. Uhhhh... more assaults, violent 105 00:04:38,043 --> 00:04:40,736 assaults, fire setting off. I set a whole 106 00:04:40,736 --> 00:04:43,496 stammers a fire in a hospital. A 107 00:04:43,496 --> 00:04:45,356 psychiatric hospital, the first one I 108 00:04:45,356 --> 00:04:47,626 ever went to. Umm.. yeah. Just mainly 109 00:04:47,626 --> 00:04:50,566 violence and whatnot. My history is mainly 110 00:04:50,566 --> 00:04:52,876 violence". 111 00:04:53,020 --> 00:04:55,710 Narrator: "Broadmoors 200 patients are all 112 00:04:55,710 --> 00:04:57,830 men suffering from mental disorders. 113 00:04:58,641 --> 00:05:01,351 They're classified as vulnerable adults 114 00:05:01,351 --> 00:05:03,411 and only those who have Capacity to 115 00:05:03,411 --> 00:05:05,761 Give Consent have been allowed to talk to 116 00:05:05,761 --> 00:05:06,191 us. 117 00:05:07,138 --> 00:05:10,188 Their faces have been blurred to 118 00:05:10,188 --> 00:05:11,825 protect their identities 119 00:05:16,225 --> 00:05:18,454 [Door closing] 120 00:05:18,454 --> 00:05:19,774 Female voice: "What are you like when 121 00:05:19,774 --> 00:05:21,274 you're not on medication?" 122 00:05:21,274 --> 00:05:22,534 Alex: "Ummm...I'm quite a nasty 123 00:05:22,534 --> 00:05:24,854 person. I'm quite violent, I'm very 124 00:05:24,854 --> 00:05:28,234 violent in most circumstances. Very 125 00:05:28,234 --> 00:05:30,404 antisocial. I don't like spending time 126 00:05:30,404 --> 00:05:33,174 with people. I'm paranoid. I'm, uh, very 127 00:05:33,174 --> 00:05:35,354 paranoid. [stammers] Every person around, 128 00:05:35,354 --> 00:05:37,534 I'm thinking 'what's their intention?' I 129 00:05:37,534 --> 00:05:38,774 come to that, sometimes I come very close 130 00:05:38,774 --> 00:05:41,024 to attacking people because I'm thinking 131 00:05:41,024 --> 00:05:42,755 that they're going to do something to me 132 00:05:42,755 --> 00:05:45,500 and I don't want to get hurt first. Uh, 133 00:05:45,500 --> 00:05:47,385 um..I remember one time when I'm off 134 00:05:47,385 --> 00:05:50,261 medication, spent 11 months locked in a 135 00:05:50,261 --> 00:05:52,221 cell. Segregated, due to the fact that I 136 00:05:52,221 --> 00:05:54,441 was too dangerous to come out". 137 00:05:55,581 --> 00:05:57,361 Narrator: 24 year old Alex arrived at 138 00:05:57,361 --> 00:06:00,451 Broadmoor 7 months ago. He was serving a 139 00:06:00,451 --> 00:06:02,781 life sentence in a dedicated prison unit 140 00:06:02,781 --> 00:06:05,481 for highly dangerous prisoners. 141 00:06:05,481 --> 00:06:07,991 They could no longer manage him. 142 00:06:08,139 --> 00:06:09,419 Alex: "When I was younger, we would 143 00:06:09,419 --> 00:06:12,656 chase a seagull... trails off 144 00:06:13,630 --> 00:06:15,870 Narrator: Now in a remissions ward he's 145 00:06:15,870 --> 00:06:17,450 been diagnosed with mental illness and 146 00:06:17,450 --> 00:06:19,370 personality disorder and put on 147 00:06:19,370 --> 00:06:20,870 medication. 148 00:06:20,870 --> 00:06:24,217 One of his symptoms is Auditory Hallucinations. 149 00:06:24,217 --> 00:06:25,870 He hears voices. 150 00:06:25,870 --> 00:06:27,690 Alex: "Oh, I was doing a fruit salad 151 00:06:27,690 --> 00:06:29,044 the other day for an assessment. That's 152 00:06:29,044 --> 00:06:31,029 when they do this assessment from 153 00:06:31,029 --> 00:06:34,160 personal motor, motor skills. 154 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,030 It's like for learning disability. 155 00:06:36,030 --> 00:06:37,180 And....Umm... 156 00:06:37,180 --> 00:06:38,260 I was cutting a mango 157 00:06:38,260 --> 00:06:39,910 and I have never, I've never used a sharp knife. 158 00:06:39,910 --> 00:06:41,430 In the seven years I've been away 159 00:06:41,430 --> 00:06:42,600 I've not used a sharp knife 160 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:44,190 and I was shaking. Literally. 161 00:06:44,190 --> 00:06:46,710 I nearly cut my fingers off cause' 162 00:06:46,710 --> 00:06:48,670 the voices were telling me to attack the 163 00:06:48,670 --> 00:06:50,430 people in the room, with the knife. 164 00:06:50,430 --> 00:06:52,310 And, like, they were goading me into it, 165 00:06:52,310 --> 00:06:53,155 and I thought ' I can't do that. 166 00:06:53,155 --> 00:06:53,810 I can't do that. 167 00:06:53,810 --> 00:06:55,820 and so I managed to finish fruit, the 168 00:06:55,820 --> 00:06:57,820 fruit salad, and I thought " wow like, what 169 00:06:57,820 --> 00:07:00,360 achievement'. Cause' mostly stammers a 170 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:01,960 year ago, two years ago, my emotions 171 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:02,820 would have done it. 172 00:07:02,820 --> 00:07:04,810 Ya know?" 173 00:07:05,158 --> 00:07:10,358 [unintelligible speaking] 174 00:07:10,358 --> 00:07:11,798 Man in Sweater: "No. We'll clean it 175 00:07:11,798 --> 00:07:14,028 afterwards. We are Going to give you 176 00:07:14,028 --> 00:07:15,458 bedding for now, okay"? 177 00:07:17,064 --> 00:07:18,984 Narrator: This is Cranfield, the 178 00:07:18,984 --> 00:07:21,624 intensive care ward. Home to the hospitals 179 00:07:21,624 --> 00:07:25,424 most acute mentally ill patients. 180 00:07:25,475 --> 00:07:28,068 [door shutting, keys jangling, people 181 00:07:28,068 --> 00:07:33,015 speaking unintelligibly] 182 00:07:33,501 --> 00:07:35,261 Female voice: "Hi, can we come in and 183 00:07:35,261 --> 00:07:36,841 talk to you, yeah?" 184 00:07:36,841 --> 00:07:39,111 Man in Sweater: "Sit on the bed for us" 185 00:07:39,111 --> 00:07:40,881 Narrator:Any contact with them has to be 186 00:07:40,881 --> 00:07:43,521 carefully planned and executed. 187 00:07:43,521 --> 00:07:45,981 This is a six person unlock. 188 00:07:45,981 --> 00:07:48,131 The door to this patients room can only be 189 00:07:48,131 --> 00:07:52,131 opened with six staff present. 190 00:07:53,829 --> 00:07:54,671 Hospital Staff: "There is always the risk 191 00:07:54,671 --> 00:07:57,304 of violence towards others if 192 00:07:57,304 --> 00:07:59,304 [can't understand] with chronic mental 193 00:07:59,304 --> 00:08:01,474 illness and they will be very distant 194 00:08:01,474 --> 00:08:03,224 throughout the day, but you have to 195 00:08:03,224 --> 00:08:04,824 learn to work with that. 196 00:08:04,824 --> 00:08:09,514 [person sobbing] 197 00:08:09,514 --> 00:08:11,684 My focus in working with this guys is 198 00:08:11,684 --> 00:08:13,744 after telling me that they are here 199 00:08:13,744 --> 00:08:15,232 not because of the illness, they 200 00:08:15,232 --> 00:08:16,552 are here because of violence. 201 00:08:16,552 --> 00:08:18,782 And they only progress from here 202 00:08:18,782 --> 00:08:21,022 if there's a reduction in that violence. 203 00:08:21,022 --> 00:08:22,862 So that message, you know. 204 00:08:22,862 --> 00:08:25,402 It might take time, but gradually 205 00:08:25,402 --> 00:08:27,222 over a period of time, is that 206 00:08:27,222 --> 00:08:28,297 goal through". 207 00:08:28,297 --> 00:08:33,047 [keys jangling, unintelligible talking in background] 208 00:08:33,047 --> 00:08:34,737 Narrator: On this ward, even the most 209 00:08:34,737 --> 00:08:36,856 routine tasks, run a risk of violence and 210 00:08:36,856 --> 00:08:39,266 involve a protocol. 211 00:08:40,245 --> 00:08:42,141 This patient has asked for a drink. 212 00:08:43,159 --> 00:08:45,609 Man in White: "Just keep on the bed trails off 213 00:08:45,872 --> 00:08:47,572 [unintelligible] 214 00:08:47,572 --> 00:08:49,072 Shukran. Shukran 215 00:08:49,072 --> 00:08:51,870 Shukran means thank you, right? 216 00:08:51,870 --> 00:08:54,030 You know, you taught me all this. 217 00:08:57,127 --> 00:08:59,647 laughs 218 00:08:59,701 --> 00:09:10,141 [unintelligible speaking]" 219 00:09:11,765 --> 00:09:13,925 Inmate: [unintelligible] "give me some more?' 220 00:09:14,467 --> 00:09:15,937 Man in White: [unintelligible response] 221 00:09:18,227 --> 00:09:19,187 "Thank you!" 222 00:09:20,612 --> 00:09:21,402 Female voice: "Thank you guys." 223 00:09:24,970 --> 00:09:26,980 Narrator: Life in Broadmoor can be a game 224 00:09:26,980 --> 00:09:28,094 of snakes and ladders. 225 00:09:28,646 --> 00:09:30,636 With patients moving between the hospitals 226 00:09:30,636 --> 00:09:31,956 15 wards according to their 227 00:09:31,956 --> 00:09:33,096 mental state. 228 00:09:34,779 --> 00:09:36,880 [door closing] 229 00:09:38,203 --> 00:09:39,923 Patients who have responded to treatment 230 00:09:39,923 --> 00:09:41,798 can progress to one of the hospitals 231 00:09:41,798 --> 00:09:43,348 Assertive Rehab Wards, where 232 00:09:43,348 --> 00:09:44,998 they're given greater freedom. 233 00:09:47,384 --> 00:09:49,274 Daniel is one of 12 patients on this 234 00:09:49,274 --> 00:09:49,744 ward. 235 00:09:50,930 --> 00:09:52,886 Daniel: "I've been here five years. 236 00:09:52,886 --> 00:09:54,556 Luckily I never went to a high dependency 237 00:09:54,556 --> 00:09:56,236 ward, I came straight to rehab. 238 00:09:56,813 --> 00:10:00,813 And, to be honest, its been... 239 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I wouldn't use the word wonderful... 240 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Cause' eh... it's not wonderful. 241 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 But, I've been grateful basically 242 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to come here. 243 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 In my spare time I try and engage 244 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in artwork mostly. 245 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 This was the, uh... my first real attempt 246 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 at an actual portrait. All done completely 247 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in graphite, and then I moved on to using 248 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 charcoal along with, uh.. graphite. 249 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And the charcoal allows you to, to have 250 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 so much more...uhhh...depth in the tone or 251 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 quality. 252 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And then, yeah....I did a self-portrait. 253 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 The whole, The whole picture was a 254 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 statement about when I got locked up, 255 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 when I was 14 and I'm now 24. 256 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 This is me at 24, but uh, that me..... 257 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 back then...sort of thing...." 258 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: Mental Disorder is no respecter 259 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 of class or education. 260 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Daniel was a 14 year old boy at a 261 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 mainstream school, and no one anticipated 262 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the violence of his attack....on his own 263 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 family. 264 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 All of the men in Broadmoor present a 265 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 grave and immediate risk to the public. 266 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And many have committed violent crimes. 267 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 From arson, to torture, rape and murder. 268 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Unlike a prison sentence, they have no 269 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 release date. 270 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Daniel: "I've been a bit of a conundrum 271 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 for the psychologists. 272 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And I've have, I've had about nine different 273 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 diagnoses from thirty different doctors. 274 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I've had seminars about me done, 275 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I've had people wanting to write books about me, 276 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 just because of the unusuallity of 277 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 my offense, and my age, and what happened... 278 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I mean, my family are my saving grace 279 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to be honest here. They, they, 280 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 they're hugely...hugely supportive. 281 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And what's even more amazing is that my offense 282 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 was actually oriented against my family. 283 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So I think...so the fact....and, and, what a 284 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 lot of people see is that, when a family 285 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 member has committed an offense against 286 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 a family member they're often...dis-disowned. 287 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So it think it's...it's too much for the family. 288 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 But, they-they, have told me that they swore 289 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 they'd stay by me when they, when I was 290 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 christened, and they have. So I think, 291 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 ya know... 292 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 They've always agreed I've has Aspergers. 293 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 One of the problems I have is I'm 294 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 not very good at understanding emotions. 295 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Or...if I have a...if I'm feeling something 296 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I don't always understand what it is that 297 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I'm feeling. 298 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 But if I can draw it, I can get out these 299 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 angry feelings, or these frustrations of 300 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 being locked up, or guilt, or remorse. 301 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 All these, all these negative feelings I 302 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 can channel through this imaginative artworks". 303 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [background talking, lunch bags rustle] 304 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Daniel: I've probably never actually said 305 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the words of what I actually done. 306 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I've never admitted it. 307 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Because I still, I still get flashbacks. 308 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 It's mainly guilt. 309 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I still-I still struggle to bring it to mind 310 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 It's still just a blur in my head. 311 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I've done such a terrible thing. Thats one 312 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 of the things that I've got to come to 313 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 terms with eventually is that I've 314 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 done this, it's happened, and it WILL be 315 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 with me forever". 316 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: We're not allowed to reveal the 317 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 details of Daniel's offense. 318 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Man in Suit: "okay" 319 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Daniel: "Umm, the other thing I was 320 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 wondering about was, I saw 321 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 problems of fine motor control and spacial awareness, 322 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and like bumping into things, and dropping 323 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 things a lot". 324 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Man in Suit: "Oh so you're saying one of 325 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the most common side effect. In fact, the 326 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 opposite....[trails off]" 327 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: Daniel is taking medication and 328 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 undergoing psychological therapy. 329 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 These, together with everyday interaction 330 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 with staff are the cornerstone of 331 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the treatment here. 332 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Man in Suit: "Have you noticed any benefit?" 333 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Daniel: " I don't really know what it is 334 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I'm looking for." 335 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Man in Suit: " I have noticed a difference 336 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in you, not within the last week, but 337 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 certainly over the last three months. I 338 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 think that you are much more able to 339 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 spend a good time with people in one on 340 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 one situations." 341 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: Broadmoor can feel like a ghost 342 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 town. Patients can only move at certain 343 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 times and in certain configurations. 344 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Their cameras record where each patient is 345 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 at any given moment. 346 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [Radio Chatter] 347 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 The control room ensures that incompatible 348 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 patients, do not collide. 349 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [Radio Chatter] 350 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Patients who are well enough leave their 351 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 wards to go to work, study, and even once 352 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 a week go shopping. It's strangely like a 353 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 village. 354 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [loud indistinct talking] 355 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Shopkeeper "Whats going on? You sure it's okay?" 356 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [indistinct response] 357 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Shopkeeper: "Good." 358 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: The freedom to shop is a 359 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 mixed blessing. One of the side effects 360 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 of medication is increased appetite and 361 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and many patients are severely overweight. 362 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [indistinct talking] 363 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 However normal it feels, the reminder of 364 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the threat of violence is ever-present. 365 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Searches looking for potential weapons 366 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 are carried out before any patient movement. 367 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Hospital Staff: This is stuff that we've 368 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 retrieved from patients. I think this is 369 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 just, what used to be a C.D. and its been 370 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 broken up into shards. It can be used as a 371 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 blade, it can be used for self harming. 372 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 In fact, we don't use the C.D.s here anymore. 373 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 We've got spoons and forks that have been 374 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 sharpened off on the edge. So a normal 375 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 teaspoon-plastic spoon-which is innocent 376 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to you and I, has been fashioned off and 377 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 can be used as a potential weapon to stab. 378 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 It's an example of how vigilant we have to 379 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 be with everyday items". 380 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Alex: "I've done a lot of self harming, as 381 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you can see. I've cut my own throat a couple 382 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 of times. I've cut my throat like four 383 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 times I think. Umm funny enough, I think 384 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 It was like five weeks before I come here, 385 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I hung myself and they had to do CPR 386 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 on me in the cell. 387 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I was sexually abused when I was a child 388 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and that had an affect on my behavior. 389 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And maybe we'll see that. 390 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I couldn't sleep at night, and the rest 391 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 of it...I was, you know... 392 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Basically everything that you go through 393 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 when you've had a traumatic situation 394 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 like I did. I think as well as being here, 395 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I said to my mum 'this feels like the 396 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 best I've ever been in ten years." 397 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Man in Glasses: Patients that come here, 398 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 they will have perpetrated, often, 399 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 horrendous crimes. But, they are also 400 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 victims. It is very easy to see somebody 401 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 as either the perpetrator or the victim. 402 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 It is much more difficult to understand 403 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 that somebody might be both. 404 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [squirrel chatters] 405 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [loud drumming and incoherent yelling] 406 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: Patients from different wards 407 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 meet in certain events. 408 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Dave Neita: "hi, first of all, thank 409 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you for giving up your time. I know you 410 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 could be doing different things, I know 411 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you have different [trails off]" 412 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: Todays a diversity workshop and 413 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Poet and Lawyer Dave Neita is encouraging 414 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 them to celebrate their different cultures. 415 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [Dave Neita speaking unintelligibly] 416 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 But most of them are celebrating lunch. 417 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 With no alcohol or tobacco allowed, food 418 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 is the only thing they have free reign over. 419 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [drums in background] 420 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Alex: "My mums Italian and my dads 421 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in Africa. I would say that being multicultural 422 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 It helps. It's good. It's nice to be different. 423 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Because different is what we need. We 424 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 don't want everyone the same. And that's it." 425 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: "How'd I end up in here? Umm 426 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 they said they had a spare bed so I 427 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 thought 'I've been in children's homes, 428 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I've been in secure units, I've been in prison. 429 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 The only place I haven't been is Broadmoor. 430 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So I thought I'd come along. 431 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [Declan laughing] 432 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [drumming] 433 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: Now 26, Declan was put 434 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 into care at the age of nine. 435 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: "I remember the day that my 436 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 mum took me to this office. I sat there 437 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in a chair, and the next minute she just 438 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 left. She went 'your not coming with me'. 439 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 A social worker come out and she went 440 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 'alright, you ought to come with me'. 441 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I went to children's homes, foster homes. 442 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I kept running away. Cause' I got abused 443 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 When I was in the children home. By the 444 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 staff. Sexually and physical. And umm I 445 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 think it was like, no one would actually 446 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 listen to me. 447 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I ran away to London, and I was living on 448 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the streets. I mean I was living out in- 449 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and yeah....not the nicest spot. Out in 450 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the streets you have to do that sometimes. 451 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you know what I mean?" 452 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Inmate in Red: "Yeah guys, this is called 453 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 It goes like this: When you see a tramp 454 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 out on the street. Don't look down your 455 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 nose so far that you see your own feet. 456 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 When you see people homeless don't reach 457 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 for a broom. Consider if you have the 458 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 means to give them a room. 459 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: "Am I a victim? I mean my current 460 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 defendant...umm...basically stabbed 'em 461 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 up. The judge classed it under as torture". 462 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Inmate in Blue: "I'm black, I'm 463 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 British, and I'm proud of it [fades into 464 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 clapping and drums]." 465 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Female Voice: "You say you've got a child?" 466 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: "Mm-hm. Got a little boy, 467 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 he's seven. 468 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And he lives with his mum. 469 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Don't really see him, but I would- 470 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I wouldn't expect children to come in a 471 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 place like this." 472 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Female Voice: "And are you still on good 473 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 terms with his mum?" 474 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: "Ummm...laughs 475 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 not really. No. 476 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I started having a bit of a relationship 477 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 with [name beeped out]. Sooo, yeah..that 478 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 was the first time I found out that I was 479 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 sort of that way. 480 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I've always-for some reason-I've always 481 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 wanted to be a woman. 482 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I think that's the way I 483 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 but in this place you can't do that, 484 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the way I love it. 485 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan in front of room: "I just wanted 486 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to say I'm gay, and I'm proud of it. 487 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Thank you." 488 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: "I want to be a Drag Queen that's 489 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 what I've done for a while." 490 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Female Voice: "What's she called?" 491 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: "Crystal." 492 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Female Voice: "And what's she look like?" 493 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: "Blonde, and just fabulous 494 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 laughs" 495 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [Intense music] 496 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: Ive come to Chepstow, a 497 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 medium-dependancy ward, where Lenny 498 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 wants to show us his artwork. 499 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Female Voice: "You do it, your artwork?" 500 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: "Yeah. I do work with spare pens, 501 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and it's mostly based on pens and 502 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 basically your using cuts and shapes 503 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and bottle tops to draw around. 504 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Female Voice: "How long have you been here?" 505 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: "7 years this time.: 506 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Female voice: "Is it not your first time?" 507 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: "Second Time. 508 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 what do you think of that one? 509 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Thats the corridors in border shop 510 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 down there." 511 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Female Voice: "So why are you considered 512 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 a risk?" 513 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: "Because...I think its because of 514 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 my particular offense was against a 515 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 consulting psychiatrist. Because they 516 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 called in a section 12 approved psychiatrist. 517 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And they're very powerful, not like- not 518 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 like when you go to an ordinary doctor. 519 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 They-they work from home office." 520 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: He's not happy with life in 521 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Broadmoor, and tells us he's bringing a 522 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 High Court case against the hospital. 523 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: "It costs how much? What was the 524 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 last figure they said it cost to keep us 525 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 here every year? 320,000 pounds a year or 526 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 something? Surely its-its wrong.