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 21 00:01:03,110 --> 00:01:04,261 mean you're 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 Bravo 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 Man in Tan Suit: 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: "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 abominable 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 Britain's most 45 00:02:01,039 --> 00:02:03,429 notorious institution. 46 00:02:03,429 --> 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 --> 00:02:28,740 Napper, and Kenneth Erskine. Some of the 54 00:02:28,740 --> 00:02:30,640 most dangerous killers the country has 55 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:31,951 ever known. 56 00:02:33,319 --> 00:02:35,529 Inmate: "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 --> 00:02:43,539 up'. Broadmoor is an institution of lots of 60 00:02:43,539 --> 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 --> 00:02:57,968 here for buggery and they've gotten in a prison, 64 00:02:57,968 --> 00:02:59,589 and there's people in here for very very 65 00:02:59,589 --> 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 which they shouldn't do." 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, it's 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 --> 00:04:02,053 Narrator: They're told not to share 92 00:04:02,053 --> 00:04:03,515 personal information with the patients 93 00:04:03,515 --> 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, multiple hostage taking, stabbings, 104 00:04:35,189 --> 00:04:38,043 ya' know. Uhhhh... multiple 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-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 all round the council estate 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 want 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 --> 00:07:22,154 intensive care ward. Home to the hospital's 179 00:07:22,154 --> 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 00:07:53,439 --> 00:07:55,001 Man in Glasses: "There is always the risk 191 00:07:55,001 --> 00:07:57,304 of violence towards others, you 192 00:07:57,304 --> 00:07:59,304 have to accept that 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 actually telling them 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 going 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 give us a minute 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 --> 00:09:59,783 And, to be honest, its been... 239 00:09:59,783 --> 00:10:01,473 I wouldn't use the word wonderful... 240 00:10:01,473 --> 00:10:03,493 Cause' eh... it's not wonderful. 241 00:10:03,493 --> 00:10:05,053 But, I've been grateful basically 242 00:10:05,053 --> 00:10:06,246 to come here. 243 00:10:07,739 --> 00:10:09,759 In my spare time I try and engage 244 00:10:09,759 --> 00:10:10,834 in artwork mostly. 245 00:10:10,834 --> 00:10:12,824 This was the, uh... my first real attempt 246 00:10:12,824 --> 00:10:15,444 at an actual portrait. All done completely 247 00:10:15,444 --> 00:10:19,724 in graphite, and then I moved on to using 248 00:10:19,724 --> 00:10:22,234 charcoal along with, uh.. graphite. 249 00:10:22,270 --> 00:10:24,600 And the charcoal allows you to, to have 250 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,330 so much more...uhhh...depth in the tone or 251 00:10:27,330 --> 00:10:28,302 quality. 252 00:10:28,498 --> 00:10:31,221 And then, yeah....I did a self-portrait. 253 00:10:31,221 --> 00:10:33,321 The whole, The whole picture was a 254 00:10:33,321 --> 00:10:35,051 statement about when I got locked up, 255 00:10:35,051 --> 00:10:37,241 when I was 14 and I'm now 24. 256 00:10:37,241 --> 00:10:41,241 This is me at 24, but uh, that's me..... 257 00:10:41,241 --> 00:10:45,241 back then...sort of thing...." 258 00:10:45,834 --> 00:10:48,484 Narrator: Mental Disorder is no respecter 259 00:10:48,484 --> 00:10:50,643 of class or education. 260 00:10:51,180 --> 00:10:53,270 Daniel was a 14 year old boy at a 261 00:10:53,270 --> 00:10:55,624 mainstream school, and no one anticipated 262 00:10:55,624 --> 00:10:58,194 the violence of his attack....on his own 263 00:10:58,194 --> 00:11:00,114 family. 264 00:11:06,397 --> 00:11:10,397 [Heavy guitar riff] 265 00:11:11,817 --> 00:11:13,919 All of the men in Broadmoor present a 266 00:11:13,919 --> 00:11:15,958 grave and immediate risk to the public. 267 00:11:15,958 --> 00:11:18,538 And many have committed violent crimes. 268 00:11:18,758 --> 00:11:21,798 From arson, to torture, rape and murder. 269 00:11:23,246 --> 00:11:25,516 Unlike a prison sentence, they have no 270 00:11:25,516 --> 00:11:27,101 release date. 271 00:11:28,927 --> 00:11:30,737 Daniel: "I've been a bit of a conundrum 272 00:11:30,737 --> 00:11:32,237 for the psychologists. 273 00:11:32,237 --> 00:11:34,007 And I've have, I've had about nine different 274 00:11:34,007 --> 00:11:36,987 diagnoses from thirty different doctors. 275 00:11:36,987 --> 00:11:38,967 I've had seminars about me done, 276 00:11:38,967 --> 00:11:40,567 I've had people wanting to write books about me, 277 00:11:40,567 --> 00:11:42,607 just because of the unusuallity of 278 00:11:42,607 --> 00:11:46,847 my offense, and my age, and what happened... 279 00:11:46,847 --> 00:11:48,467 I mean, my family are my saving grace 280 00:11:48,467 --> 00:11:49,541 to be honest here. They, they, 281 00:11:49,541 --> 00:11:51,591 they're hugely...hugely supportive. 282 00:11:51,591 --> 00:11:54,381 And what's even more amazing is that my offense 283 00:11:54,381 --> 00:11:56,471 was actually oriented against my family. 284 00:11:56,471 --> 00:11:59,491 So I think...so the fact....and, and, what a 285 00:11:59,491 --> 00:12:02,201 lot of people see is that, when a family 286 00:12:02,201 --> 00:12:03,551 member has committed an offense against 287 00:12:03,551 --> 00:12:07,328 a family member they're often...dis-disowned. 288 00:12:07,328 --> 00:12:09,673 So it think it's...it's too much for the family. 289 00:12:09,673 --> 00:12:12,743 But, they-they, have told me that they swore 290 00:12:12,743 --> 00:12:14,703 they'd stay by me when they, when I was 291 00:12:14,703 --> 00:12:16,143 christened, and they have. So I think, 292 00:12:16,143 --> 00:12:16,643 ya know... 293 00:12:16,643 --> 00:12:19,684 They've always-they've always agreed I've had Aspergers. 294 00:12:19,684 --> 00:12:21,443 One of the problems I have is I'm 295 00:12:21,443 --> 00:12:23,576 not very good at understanding emotions. 296 00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:26,686 Or...if I have a...if I'm feeling something 297 00:12:26,686 --> 00:12:28,986 I don't always understand what it is that 298 00:12:28,986 --> 00:12:29,618 I'm feeling. 299 00:12:29,618 --> 00:12:32,808 But if I can draw it, I can get out these 300 00:12:32,808 --> 00:12:35,258 angry feelings, or these frustrations of 301 00:12:35,258 --> 00:12:38,008 being locked up, or guilt, or remorse. 302 00:12:38,008 --> 00:12:40,638 All these, all these negative feelings I 303 00:12:40,638 --> 00:12:43,528 can channel through this imaginative artworks". 304 00:12:44,348 --> 00:12:49,388 [background talking, lunch bags rustle] 305 00:12:49,388 --> 00:12:50,974 Daniel: I've probably never actually said 306 00:12:50,974 --> 00:12:52,404 the words of what I actually done. 307 00:12:52,404 --> 00:12:54,034 I've never admitted it. 308 00:12:56,826 --> 00:12:59,734 Because I still, I still get flashbacks. 309 00:12:59,734 --> 00:13:01,204 It's mainly guilt. 310 00:13:01,204 --> 00:13:03,724 I still-I still struggle to bring it to mind 311 00:13:03,724 --> 00:13:06,214 It's still just a blur in my head. 312 00:13:06,214 --> 00:13:08,464 I've done such a terrible thing. Thats one 313 00:13:08,464 --> 00:13:11,004 of the things that I've got to come to 314 00:13:11,004 --> 00:13:13,234 terms with eventually is that I've 315 00:13:13,234 --> 00:13:17,234 done this, it's happened, and it WILL be 316 00:13:17,234 --> 00:13:19,334 with me forever". 317 00:13:20,473 --> 00:13:22,833 Narrator: We're not allowed to reveal the 318 00:13:22,833 --> 00:13:24,660 details of Daniel's offense. 319 00:13:25,243 --> 00:13:26,553 Man in Suit: "okay" 320 00:13:26,553 --> 00:13:27,243 Daniel: "Umm, the other thing I was 321 00:13:27,243 --> 00:13:29,093 wondering about was, I sort of get 322 00:13:29,093 --> 00:13:32,783 problems of fine motor control and spatial awareness, 323 00:13:32,783 --> 00:13:35,753 and like bumping into things, and dropping 324 00:13:35,753 --> 00:13:36,886 things a lot". 325 00:13:37,178 --> 00:13:39,558 Man in Suit: "As you're saying it's not one of 326 00:13:39,558 --> 00:13:41,638 the most common side effect. In fact, the 327 00:13:41,638 --> 00:13:42,908 opposite....[trails off]" 328 00:13:42,908 --> 00:13:44,508 Narrator: Daniel is taking medication and 329 00:13:44,508 --> 00:13:46,554 undergoing psychological therapy. 330 00:13:46,554 --> 00:13:48,866 These, together with everyday interaction 331 00:13:48,866 --> 00:13:51,166 with staff are the cornerstone of 332 00:13:51,166 --> 00:13:52,666 the treatment here. 333 00:13:52,666 --> 00:13:54,796 Man in Suit: "Have you noticed any benefit?" 334 00:13:54,796 --> 00:13:56,266 Daniel: " I don't really know what it is 335 00:13:56,266 --> 00:13:57,206 I'm looking for." 336 00:13:57,206 --> 00:13:58,726 Man in Suit: " I have noticed a difference 337 00:13:58,726 --> 00:14:01,486 in you, not within the last week, but 338 00:14:01,486 --> 00:14:03,816 certainly over the last three months. I 339 00:14:03,816 --> 00:14:06,016 think that you are much more able to 340 00:14:06,016 --> 00:14:08,616 spend longer time with people in one to 341 00:14:08,616 --> 00:14:09,796 one situations." 342 00:14:09,909 --> 00:14:14,039 [ducks quack, dramatic music] 343 00:14:14,259 --> 00:14:16,579 Narrator: Broadmoor can feel like a ghost 344 00:14:16,579 --> 00:14:19,090 town. Patients can only move at certain 345 00:14:19,090 --> 00:14:21,714 times and in certain configurations. 346 00:14:22,110 --> 00:14:24,740 Their cameras record where each patient is 347 00:14:24,740 --> 00:14:26,240 at any given moment. 348 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:30,670 [Radio Chatter] 349 00:14:30,869 --> 00:14:33,489 The control room ensures that incompatible 350 00:14:33,489 --> 00:14:35,765 patients, do not collide. 351 00:14:36,011 --> 00:14:40,611 [Radio Chatter] 352 00:14:41,197 --> 00:14:43,842 Patients who are well enough, leave their 353 00:14:43,842 --> 00:14:46,962 wards to go to work, study, and even once 354 00:14:46,962 --> 00:14:49,613 a week go shopping. It's strangely like a 355 00:14:49,613 --> 00:14:51,393 village. 356 00:14:51,393 --> 00:15:01,353 [loud indistinct talking] 357 00:15:03,365 --> 00:15:08,396 Shopkeeper "Whats going on? You sure it's okay?" 358 00:15:08,396 --> 00:15:09,886 [indistinct response] 359 00:15:09,886 --> 00:15:10,327 Shopkeeper: "Good." 360 00:15:13,488 --> 00:15:15,872 Narrator: The freedom to shop is a 361 00:15:15,872 --> 00:15:18,352 mixed blessing. One of the side effects 362 00:15:18,352 --> 00:15:21,482 of medication is increased appetite 363 00:15:21,482 --> 00:15:25,282 and many patients are severely overweight. 364 00:15:25,456 --> 00:15:29,736 [indistinct talking] 365 00:15:29,906 --> 00:15:32,716 However normal it feels, the reminder of 366 00:15:32,716 --> 00:15:34,695 the threat of violence is ever-present. 367 00:15:35,478 --> 00:15:37,924 Searches looking for potential weapons 368 00:15:37,924 --> 00:15:40,803 are carried out before any patient movement. 369 00:15:41,399 --> 00:15:43,409 Hospital Staff: This is stuff that we've 370 00:15:43,409 --> 00:15:46,617 retrieved from patients. I think this is 371 00:15:46,617 --> 00:15:49,727 just, what used to be a C.D. and its been 372 00:15:49,727 --> 00:15:52,297 broken up into shards. It can be used as a 373 00:15:52,297 --> 00:15:54,167 blade, even for self harming. 374 00:15:54,167 --> 00:15:56,605 In fact, we don't use the C.D.s here anymore. 375 00:15:56,678 --> 00:15:59,128 We've got spoons and forks that have been 376 00:15:59,128 --> 00:16:01,597 sharpened off on the edge. So a normal 377 00:16:01,597 --> 00:16:04,327 teaspoon-plastic spoon-which is quite innocent 378 00:16:04,327 --> 00:16:06,807 to you and I, has been fashioned off and 379 00:16:06,807 --> 00:16:09,108 can be used as a potential weapon to stab. 380 00:16:09,108 --> 00:16:11,458 It's an example of how vigilant we have to 381 00:16:11,458 --> 00:16:13,052 be with everyday items". 382 00:16:16,105 --> 00:16:18,531 Alex: "I've done a lot of self harming, as 383 00:16:18,531 --> 00:16:21,681 you can see. I've cut my own throat a couple 384 00:16:21,681 --> 00:16:24,511 of times. I've cut my throat like four 385 00:16:24,511 --> 00:16:27,421 times I think. Umm funny enough, I think 386 00:16:27,421 --> 00:16:29,256 It was like five weeks before I come here, 387 00:16:29,256 --> 00:16:32,426 I hung myself and they had to do CPR 388 00:16:32,426 --> 00:16:33,416 on me in the cell. 389 00:16:33,416 --> 00:16:34,576 Like, you know? 390 00:16:36,932 --> 00:16:39,332 I was sexually abused when I was a child 391 00:16:39,332 --> 00:16:41,712 and that had an affect on my behavior, 392 00:16:41,712 --> 00:16:43,332 on my mental state. 393 00:16:43,332 --> 00:16:44,902 I couldn't sleep at night, and the rest 394 00:16:44,902 --> 00:16:46,352 of it...I was, you know... 395 00:16:46,352 --> 00:16:48,132 Basically everything that you go through 396 00:16:48,132 --> 00:16:49,952 when you've had a traumatic situation 397 00:16:49,952 --> 00:16:51,195 like I did. 398 00:16:52,245 --> 00:16:54,232 I think as well as being here, 399 00:16:54,232 --> 00:16:55,822 I said to my mum 'this feels like the 400 00:16:55,822 --> 00:16:58,111 best I've ever been in ten years." 401 00:17:01,485 --> 00:17:03,745 Man in Tan Suit: Patients that come here, 402 00:17:03,745 --> 00:17:05,851 they will have perpetrated, often, 403 00:17:05,851 --> 00:17:08,691 horrendous crimes. But, they are also 404 00:17:08,691 --> 00:17:12,791 victims. It is very easy to see somebody 405 00:17:12,791 --> 00:17:14,981 as either the perpetrator or the victim. 406 00:17:14,981 --> 00:17:17,399 It is much more difficult to understand 407 00:17:17,399 --> 00:17:19,889 that somebody might be both. 408 00:17:19,949 --> 00:17:22,049 [squirrel chatters] 409 00:17:22,049 --> 00:17:29,029 [loud drumming and incoherent yelling] 410 00:17:29,396 --> 00:17:31,776 Narrator: Patients from different wards 411 00:17:31,776 --> 00:17:33,347 meet in certain events. 412 00:17:33,538 --> 00:17:35,198 Dave Neita: "hi, first of all, thank 413 00:17:35,198 --> 00:17:36,641 you for giving up your time. I know you 414 00:17:36,641 --> 00:17:38,761 could be doing other things, I know 415 00:17:38,761 --> 00:17:40,461 you have different [trails off]" 416 00:17:40,461 --> 00:17:42,551 Narrator: Todays a diversity workshop and 417 00:17:42,551 --> 00:17:45,421 Poet and Lawyer Dave Neita is encouraging 418 00:17:45,421 --> 00:17:47,418 them to celebrate their different cultures. 419 00:17:47,481 --> 00:17:49,791 Dave Neita: "Today I invite you to speak 420 00:17:49,791 --> 00:17:52,691 about your own culture, but before 421 00:17:52,691 --> 00:17:54,661 that we're going to have lunch." 422 00:17:55,755 --> 00:17:58,685 But most of them are celebrating lunch. 423 00:17:59,190 --> 00:18:03,190 [drums continue] 424 00:18:03,190 --> 00:18:05,650 With no alcohol or tobacco allowed, food 425 00:18:05,650 --> 00:18:08,210 is the only thing they have free reign over. 426 00:18:08,365 --> 00:18:13,785 [drums in background] 427 00:18:14,725 --> 00:18:16,215 Alex: "My mum's Italian and my dad's from 428 00:18:16,215 --> 00:18:17,215 a little island in Africa 429 00:18:17,215 --> 00:18:20,922 and I would say that being multicultural 430 00:18:20,922 --> 00:18:24,622 It helps. It's good. It's nice to be different. 431 00:18:24,622 --> 00:18:26,492 Because different is what we need. We 432 00:18:26,492 --> 00:18:29,142 don't want everyone the same. And that's it." 433 00:18:31,001 --> 00:18:34,540 Declan: "How'd I end up in here? Umm 434 00:18:34,540 --> 00:18:36,740 they said they had a spare bed so I 435 00:18:36,740 --> 00:18:38,950 thought 'I've been in children's homes, 436 00:18:38,950 --> 00:18:40,939 I've been in secure units, I've been in prison. 437 00:18:40,939 --> 00:18:43,293 The only place I haven't been is Broadmoor. 438 00:18:43,293 --> 00:18:45,203 So I thought I'd come along. 439 00:18:45,203 --> 00:18:47,813 laughs" 440 00:18:47,813 --> 00:18:48,753 [drumming] 441 00:18:48,753 --> 00:18:50,993 Narrator: Now 26, Declan was put 442 00:18:50,993 --> 00:18:52,773 into care at the age of nine. 443 00:18:52,773 --> 00:18:54,983 Declan: "I remember the day that my 444 00:18:54,983 --> 00:18:57,193 mum took me to this office. I sat there 445 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in a chair, and the next minute she just 446 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 left. She went 'your not coming with me'. 447 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 A social worker come out and she went 448 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 'alright, you got to come with me'. 449 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I went to children's homes, foster homes. 450 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I kept running away, cause' I got abused 451 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 When I was in the children home. By the 452 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 staff. Sexually and physical. And umm I 453 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 think it was like, no one would actually 454 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 listen to me. 455 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I ran away to London, and I was living on 456 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the streets. I mean I was living out of 457 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 bins, yeah....not nice but, when you're 458 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 on the streets you have to do that sometimes. 459 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you know what I mean?" 460 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Inmate in Red: "Yeah guys, this is called 461 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Think, yeah? 462 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 It goes like this: When you see a tramp 463 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 out on the street. Don't look down your 464 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 nose so far that you see your own feet. 465 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 When you see people homeless don't reach 466 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 for a broom. Consider if you have the 467 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 means to give them a room. 468 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: "Am I a victim? I mean my current 469 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 defendant...umm...basically stabbed 'em 470 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 up. The judge classed it under as torture". 471 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Inmate in Blue: "I'm black, I'm 472 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 British, and I'm proud of it [fades into 473 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 clapping and drums]." 474 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Female Voice: "You say you've got a child?" 475 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: "Mm-hm. Got a little boy, 476 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 he's seven. 477 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And he lives with his mum. 478 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Don't really see him, but I would- 479 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I wouldn't expect children to come in a 480 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 place like this." 481 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Female Voice: "And are you still on good 482 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 terms with his mum?" 483 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: "Ummm...laughs 484 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 not really. No. 485 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I started having a bit of a relationship 486 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 with [name beeped out]. Sooo, yeah..that 487 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 was the first time I found out that I was 488 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 sort of that way. 489 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I've always-for some reason-I've always 490 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 wanted to be a woman. 491 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I think that's the way I am, you know 492 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 but in this place you can't do that, 493 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 they won't allow it." 494 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan in front of room: "I just wanted 495 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to say I'm gay, and I'm proud of it. 496 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Thank you." 497 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: "I want to be a Drag Queen that's 498 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 what I've done for a while." 499 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Female Voice: "What's she called?" 500 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: "Crystal." 501 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Female Voice: "And what's she look like?" 502 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: "Blonde, and just fabulous 503 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 laughs" 504 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [Intense music] 505 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: We've come to Chepstow, a 506 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 medium-dependancy ward, where Lenny 507 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 wants to show us his artwork. 508 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Female Voice: "You do it in your room?" 509 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: "Yeah. I do work with spare pens, 510 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and it's mostly based on pens and 511 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 basically your using cups and shapes 512 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and bottle tops to draw around. 513 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Female Voice: "How long have you been here?" 514 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: "7 years this time." 515 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Female voice: "Is it not your first time?" 516 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: "No it's the second time. 517 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 What do you think of that one? 518 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 That's the corridors in a ward that's shut 519 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 down now." 520 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Female Voice: "So why are you considered 521 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 a risk?" 522 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: "Because...I think its because of 523 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 my particular offense was against a 524 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 consulting psychiatrist. They 525 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 called in a section 12 approved psychiatrist. 526 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And they're very powerful, not like- not 527 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 like when you go to an ordinary doctor. 528 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 They-they work from home office." 529 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: He's not happy with life in 530 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Broadmoor, and tells us he's bringing a 531 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 High Court case against the hospital. 532 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: "It costs how much? What was the 533 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 last figure they said it cost to keep us 534 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 here every year? 320,000 pounds a year or 535 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 something? Surely its-its wrong to charge 536 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 a fortune for people like us. When we're 537 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 nowhere near about the centers of the 538 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 community." 539 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: I costs 300,000 pounds a year 540 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to keep a patient in Broadmoor. Almost 541 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 five times the cost of keep someone in prison. 542 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Before Lenny came to Broadmoor, he was 543 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in outpatient at a psychiatric hospital 544 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 where he threatened his psychiatrist with 545 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 a machete. 546 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Female Voice: "Do you think you shouldn't 547 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 be here, or?" 548 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: "Do you think I sound like a 549 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 mad blathering idiot? 550 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Cause' I think-No I don't think I should 551 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 be here. I think I should be sharing this- 552 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 my life- with people. I want to be 553 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 sharing my life with people. I want to 554 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 be able to decide 555 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 what I do, when I do it 556 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and be reasonably responsible for my 557 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 own behavior, like anyone else out there. 558 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And I don't think I'll be any more of a 559 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 danger then whatever's already out there. 560 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And I will be honest with you, I am rude 561 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 here, I could be really furious and angry 562 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and people come with 'You're the patient, 563 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 yeah? That is a term we use to separate 564 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you from the rest of society, we're the 565 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 last thing on earth -this is the truth 566 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 here- to be given what you call equal 567 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 rights. What do you think? You agree 568 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 or not? I'm not anti-people I'm all for 569 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 people." 570 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: Downstairs on the admissions 571 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 ward, Alex is keen to progress. 572 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Alex: I was seven months up in here 573 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 yesterday, seven months yesterday. It's 574 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 taking forever. Are you aware of any 575 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 beds coming up soon?" 576 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: His medication has stabilized 577 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 him. He wants to move from Admissions to 578 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and Assertive Rehab ward, where he'll 579 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 have greater freedom. 580 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Man in suit: That I don't know. 581 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Alex: Well you should know, [laughing] 582 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you're a consultant in there! 583 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Man in suit: Yes- I can't- I don't know 584 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the timescales, cause it's not quite 585 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 within my control... 586 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: Back upstairs on Chepstow, 587 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Benson, the PAT dog, has arrived for 588 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 his weekly visit. 589 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny's behavior over the past few days 590 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 is becoming a cause for concern. 591 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 He's been increasingly manic and 592 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 hyperactive, and his doctor feels he 593 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 needs medication. 594 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [door clatter] Dog Handler: Bye! 595 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: Lenny refuses to take it, 596 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 so it'll have to be forcibly administered, 597 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 by injection. 598 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: Hang on hang on, you filming? 599 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [crosstalk] 600 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: This is wrong, I'm not fighting you 601 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [crosstalk] 602 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [chatter] 603 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Doctor: Guys, we really need to get this 604 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 started, if you just mind, just, just- 605 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 please.. OK? All right 606 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: At this point, staff tell us 607 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to leave the ward. 608 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [moody music] 609 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 We're told we can see Lenny the following 610 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 day. [door shuts] 611 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [birds, brooding music] 612 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: Neil? Neil, could we have a key 613 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 please? There should [unintelligible] 614 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: The day before, we were told to 615 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 leave the ward when staff were about 616 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to forcibly inject Lenny with 617 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 antipsychotic medication. 618 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 He's keen to explain what happened after 619 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 we left. 620 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: Come this way- 621 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So I moved into here- 622 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: He leads us into the seclusion 623 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 area. 624 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: Come in, come in. 625 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 All right, well [unintelligible] First 626 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 of all, I was at that point, I was 627 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 laying like this, alright, and I was 628 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 talking saying 'Please don't turn me 629 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 over, cos I'm not trying to fight you' 630 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And they said, and the next thing happened 631 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 they all came in and [unintelligible] 632 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I can make a deal with them, I'm on the 633 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 bed, so I'm like this, one point, all the 634 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 staff were holding me, I was like that 635 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and said 'Would you please let me go, 636 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and I'll get up' so I went like that 637 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and stood like that and took down my 638 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 pants and trousers and he stopped 639 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 me there, let's see, I came out again, 640 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 that's what happened, but I didn't- 641 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 What do you think? What's your opinion 642 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 about that? 643 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Interviewer: But did you, so did you hit 644 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 one of them then? 645 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: Yeah but that's cos I was being 646 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 chased [unintelligible]. 647 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 One of the biggest areas of conflict, um 648 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 between certainly doctor and patient 649 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 is the issue of medication. 650 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: This one's sealed, alright? 651 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 It's stifling sometimes. 652 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Doctor, offscreen: One of the difficulties 653 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 with psychotic disorders is your 654 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 interpretation of reality is different 655 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 from other people's. 656 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And if you genuinely believe there's 657 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 nothing wrong with you and you don't 658 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 need any medication, why on earth would 659 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you want to take some of the medications 660 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 that would be up for discussion? 661 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: Could we open this door please? 662 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Doctor: He's particularly angry for two reasons, so 663 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 one is he doesn't believe he'll benefit 664 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 from the medication at all, second reason 665 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 is that he believes he's involved in a 666 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 major, high court case against the 667 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 hospital to expose a range of malpractice 668 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 particularly in relation to him, but in 669 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 general about how these services are just 670 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 really keeping people in jobs and don't 671 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 provide any useful service. 672 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: The hospital's defense is just- 673 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 'Here's some of the most notorious 674 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 people in the country,' I'll show you what- 675 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Doctor: He believes we've given him the 676 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 medication purely to dull his mind 677 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and weaken his chances of being successful 678 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in that case. 679 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 In fact he's not currently involved in any, 680 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 uh, legal action or court case. 681 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: No you're not going in there 682 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 it's private, sorry come on you guys 683 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 it's private. It's my mess, my own mess. 684 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Hey look, can you show 'em all now? 685 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Look at that, that's my mum and me. 686 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 See she pretty in the black and white from 687 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the 60s, see her? 688 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Doctor: He's a man who's spent a long 689 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 time in institutional care, um in previous 690 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 settings was frequently assaulted, he was 691 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 violent himself on several occasions 692 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 but he often assaulted. 693 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: You want a drink or anything, cup 694 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 of tea or something? [offscreen] I'm fine 695 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 You sure? Any sweets, soft drink? [offscreen] Nothing 696 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: Alright thanks very, thank you very much [unintelligible] 697 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [contemplative music] 698 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [keys clattering, chatter] 699 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [offscreen] Just check to make sure, all 700 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the shadows are covered.. 701 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So they're checked, first thing in the 702 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 morning, again before the patients go back 703 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [door handle rattles] 704 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: Patients who are well enough 705 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to go to work can make goods, which go 706 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 on sale to the public. They are paid 707 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 80 pence an hour. 708 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Alex has been doing well and is now 709 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 allowed off the Admissions ward to 710 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 come to work. 711 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Alex: Everyone's saying 'Oh you gonna move 712 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you're gonna move' they said I would have 713 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 moved by Thursday last week, nothing 714 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 so far now, I've been onto my psychiatrist 715 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 saying, 'Look, why am I still on at Admission ward, 716 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 after 8 months, when there's a bed for me 717 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 on Rehab? Know?' 718 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Interviewer: You a bit frustrated? Alex: Yeah 719 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 it is frustrating, but 720 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I'm just at the moment, focusing, cos next 721 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 week I've got a visit, mum and dad are 722 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 coming up for 2 days, so, y'know, I'll 723 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 spend some time with my family. 724 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [tapping] 725 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [outdoor ambiance, guitar music] 726 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: They have a saying here: 727 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 There's time, and then there's Broadmoor Time. 728 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Tan shirt: Which episode did you see last, 729 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 of Eastenders? Bout a week ago? 730 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Black shirt: Last night? Tan shirt: Last night? 731 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Black shirt: Last night yeah 732 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Tan shirt: Did they show the man who was 733 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 pretending to be Nick Cotton's own son? 734 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Black shirt: No I didn't see it 735 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [moody music] 736 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: While medication can often 737 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 control behavior, extensive therapy is 738 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 needed to change it, and that takes time. 739 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Estelle: I'm in the diary, ok? [offscreen] OK 740 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: Estelle Moore is the hospital's 741 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 lead psychologist, she's been here for 20 years. 742 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Estelle: [keys jangling] You alright? 743 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: They say just carry on with the 744 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 violent offenders group, what finishes in December 745 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: Patients undergo specific 746 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 therapies depending on their offense, 747 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 whether it's violence, sex offending, or 748 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 fire setting. 749 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: -understand our relationships and 750 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 uhh, borderlines. No not borderlines, boundaries. 751 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Estelle: What sort of actions are safe 752 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and contained in relationships? The sorts 753 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 of things that you would do that feel 754 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 like normal and safe relationships? 755 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: Laughter 756 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Estelle: Laughter? OK so laughing, 757 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: Talking sensible. Feeling comfortable with each other. 758 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [keys, footsteps] 759 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: Declan was found guilty of a life-threatening assault on a man. 760 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Declan: Do I feel sorry for him? No. Will I do it again? No. 761 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 No. I'm missing the sun, I'm missing the surfing. Know what I mean? 762 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [keys, door squeaks] 763 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [door shuts] 764 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [moody music] 765 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [ping pong ball clatters] 766 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: Lenny has been on antipsychotic 767 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 medication for a few weeks. 768 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 It has had time to build up in his system. 769 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [ponytail] Now he's had the depot injection, the chemicals from that 770 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 are slowing down his reactions to the point where he has those few 771 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 more seconds to think- 772 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 'How am I gonna reply to this?' 773 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and he will reply in a much more- manner to what you or I would reply to something. 774 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I can definitely empathize with him, he 775 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 hasn't come from a different background to me 776 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 but he has come from different parents to me. 777 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [Interviewer, offscreen] It seems to be the case with so many. 778 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Yeah, I know, I agree with that, you can 779 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 probably see if you go back into, um, 780 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the lives of most of our patients, you could probably identify them at 781 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 5, 6 years old, and say 'I'll be seeing you later on' and things like that. 782 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: He's alright here, he's my buddy, 783 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 one day he's gonna tell the truth as well. [laughs] 784 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [walkie talkie chatter] 785 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [Doctor, offscreen] Everyone is born with 786 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 certain temperaments, with certain predispositions to certain 787 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 behavior, and if you've been given a triple-whammy of, of genes, environment, 788 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 upbringing, childhood adversity, substance misuse, all of those different 789 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 aspects build up to make the person. 790 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And it's a long term project of gradually putting somebody back together and 791 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 making sure that they stay in that recovered state. 792 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [ominous music] 793 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: Things have finally changed for Alex- 794 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 after 8 months, he's been moved to Assertive Rehab. 795 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Alex: It's better over here, it's a little better. 796 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Got a lot more freedom, key to a door, 797 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 come out when you want to make hot drinks, yeah, it's alright. 798 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: But it's not all good news. As so often in the past, 799 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 he's in danger of self-harming. 800 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 He's had to be put on Eyesight Observation which means nurses have to 801 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 take turns to watch him, 24 hours a day. 802 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Alex: Cos my mental state haven't been the best, it's not nice, you know, 803 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 hearing voices and what-have-you, but you know, just got to control it, 804 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 that's all you can do, not let it get to you. 805 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Alex, offscreen: Dr Romero said I'm gonna be here a few years, yet 806 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Nurse: A few years? Alex: A few years. 807 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Nurse: How do you feel about that? Alex: I don't mind... 808 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Nurse: You don't mind? Alex: I'm here for a reason. 809 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Nurse: All right. Alex: Get better, innit? So 810 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 if that means I got to stay a couple years, so be it. But- 811 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I'm getting there, now. Nurse: You're getting there. 812 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Alex: [unintelligible] Nurse: Mhmm 813 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Alex: Least, at least there was no violence. 814 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Nurse: Which is good! You should be proud of. At least it shows that you're 815 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 making, you know, more progress. 816 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [meditative music] 817 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: Alex's mental state continued to deteriorate, after a couple of weeks 818 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 on the ward did self-harm, and had to 819 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 be moved back a High Dependency ward. 820 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [nighttime ambiance] 821 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 [keys rattling, chatter] 822 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: On Chepstow Ward, Dr Larkin wants to discuss a recent incident 823 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 involving Lenny and another doctor. 824 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: I would say that I was really pleased that they are now starting to 825 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 track and find pedophiles in our society, how pleased I was, and that they 826 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 weren't just ordinary poor folk that were getting nicked, it was also 827 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 people of importance were getting found out. 828 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Larkin: Right Lenny: And I'm really pleased about that, 829 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and she felt threatened that I was saying it also included 830 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 a couple of doctors, that were nicked for pedophilia. 831 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Larkin: You're not angry with her about something in her report? 832 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: No, it wasn't anything with her, it wasn't directed towards her 833 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 it was directed towards the general idea of pedophilia, cos you know I am 834 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 a victim of pedophilia, for 9 years, under the Home Office, when I was 835 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 a child myself, and they've done nothing, but- um, bury that fact. 836 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Cos I'm an offender. I am an offender, and I admit that, I'm guilty of the crime 837 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 that brought me to Broadmoor, I threatened to kill a Section 12 838 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 consultant psychiatrist, like you are, with a machete. 839 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 But, I'm not guilty of raping myself. Larkin: Well- 840 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I think the issue is that you felt nobody here was [crosstalk] 841 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: I was being tied up, right? Raped, against my will, alcohol shoved down 842 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 my throat, right, pacified, with- with all kinds of medicines that belong to 843 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 that person, you know, not me, so that I would be pliable 844 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and agree to having sex, which I didn't want to do, with a 845 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 5 or 6 year-old boy, but 9 years I was in the system itself, being- 846 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 seeing psychologists at the same time I'm being raped, and nobody did 847 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 a single thing to help me. You are offering me therapy, and I'm not 848 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 angry at you- I'm not angry at anybody- I'm angry at did what they did 849 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to me. And no one recognized that I was a victim. 850 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Larkin: So, are we agreeing that you're gonna meet with David 851 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 about options for therapy for you as a victim? 852 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: Yeah thank you very much Dr Larkin. Larkin: You're welcome, okay. 853 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: Thank you. I got to keep- I'm keeping trouble free- if I keep out of 854 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 trouble for- for 12 weeks, they'll let me work in the cafe? 855 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Larkin: Yes, you think you can do that? 856 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Lenny: Be hard, but I'll give it a try. 857 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Narrator: The most challenging patients are housed here on Cranfield Ward. 858 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Any movement outside their rooms has to be carefully planned. 859 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Violence is always near the surface. 860 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Patients are allowed, one by one, in the yard, for limited periods. 861 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 A patient doesn't want to return to his room. [radio chatter]