Broadmoor Psych Ward Exposed | Real Stories Full-Length Documentary
Britain's High Dependency Psych Ward (Prison Documentary) | Real Stories
Since its foundation 150 years ago, Broadmoor Hospital has fascinated the public and the media, but there are many misconceptions about what it does and the patients it is responsible for.
Now for the first time it has opened its doors to a TV camera crew, giving unprecedented insight into its patients and the work that is carried out to treat and rehabilitate them.
The film is the result of a five-year collaboration between the trust and award-winning director Olivia Lichtenstein and producer Jonathan Levi.
Filmed over nine months, from Christmas 2013 to August 2014, the crew were given unique access and support from Broadmoor staff to help them build a complete picture of the hospital from admission to discharge.
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The only reason that director is on the floor it’s because of the TV cameras. She’s putting on a show. I guarantee you she’s never there. I spent 12 years in healthcare directors don’t come on the floor.
100% !!!
It was clearly posted to wear gloves and gown when making food and she did not. It was also posted to wear gloves when serving food and she skipped that as well. Clearly unfamiliar with flood protocol or just thinks she is above it.
@@wifipanda3677 think she is above it and yep only there cause tv crew is there!!!
Did you notice she didn't wear gloves when preparing and serving the food..? Despite a sign clearly seen , stating the normative!
True that. Higher ups usually never interact. They dont go into the "firing line" usually
I was brought up in a austere household without love and relentlessly beaten by my father with a leather belt for small childish indiscretions. When I grew and married I resolved to never subject my children to what I had endured. We gave them love, cuddles, protection and a stable home life. Both my children are well balanced and loving to their children, (my grandchildren). My father is still living, at 98 yrs old and lives no more than 2 miles away, but I haven't seen or even talked to him for over a decade. To this day at 65 Yrs old, I still grieve for my childhood.
I hear ya my father was the same
Well done Sir..You can be proud of yourself. Sincerely I'd shake your hand if you were here.
It goes to show you can have that environment and awful upbringing and be ok but it truly backs up the nature and nurture theory.
And you have every right and reason to grieve your childhood. I’m sorry that you had to endure that. But glad that you had the mindset later on to never be that way to your own children. You broke what a lot of families develop as a pattern. Handed down generation after generation. Hope you and your family are doing well!! 🙂
My childhood was stolen from me through death and abuse...i also grieve my childhood and often sit in the park i played in and cry and wonder why.. i am 59 and still do this
as a person who works in a similar hospital I can guarantee that director of Broadmoor is not on the hospital floor making toast for patients when the cameras aren't there....
Precisely what I was thinking... I also thought that line about being behind a desk was rich, if she didn't want a desk job she wouldn't have fought her way up the ladder to get it. People don't become director accidentally.
At least Jimmy Saville doesn’t have the run of Broadmoor these days.
I work in a mental health hospital and our director comes into the ward when the attack alarm goes off and helps if needed, she knows all the patients names, comes in for night shifts if nurses don’t turn up and gives us a dig out on ward if we are short staffed
@@Sazstevo you have a god director i can guarantee that director is just doing it because cameras are there .
Yes I agree never see her normally just as documentary. You can tell with Somali patient she knew nothing about him so cleay in her office normally.
“That’s something all those people who hurt me in the past will never see. I’ve broken the chain” I’m so incredibly proud of him, whoever he is
Same! I hope his life is all good now :D
Praying that he comes to the peace and love of Christ. What a beautiful story that would make. ❤️
@@Weissguys6 A born again is usually pretty insane
@@Weissguys6 yeah like all the other fairytales…
@@Weissguys6 amen
I guess when a mother tells her son that he is evil from birth, there's no wonder he's turned out like this. Some of these prisoners have had horrific childhoods.
True statement. My mother always tells me that children live up to what you say about and to your children.
*Here's horrifying twist on child predation:* kzhead.info/sun/dLB-lqlrqYB5pIE/bejne.html 💦💔💦
@Jay Morgan yip that goes for all people. Not just mentally ill lol
Gillian Brookwell my mother/teachers always told me that I was a 'good for nothing, waste of time and space and totally not worth the effort '. Now I've grown up to be an adult that's a complete waste of time and space. I spend all my time alone, I don't do relationships, friendships or romantic, other people are much better off without me in their life. I don't even like looking in the mirror as I don't like the guy that looks back at me............
@@shaunlenton8865 nope. Shaun time to stop and change your life... Why have you let your mother win.,all these years.... No... Change it for you. Trust me... You can!!!!
Childhood trauma is one of main reasons for being mentally unwell! Also addiction 😔
Gillian Kennedy I agree with you 100% Gillian childhood traumas can also give you the empath personality what is exactly what I have and my honest opinion is I’d rather be dead than live like these poor people it’s more humane to put them to sleep and took away from their misery it’s barbaric that in today’s society they still have things like this going on behind closed doors I just don’t see the point of it sorry to say but your right with your comment and I’ve been fighting addiction for the last 41 years due to childhood trauma take care of yourself from Stevie
Mental illness is completely different to being like these people
Jay Williams what you on about, these people
@@mrfugazi6713 They didn't get much or no human development as they were growing up Nobody is fully develop but these people are far less develop
Jay Williams it’s a terrible shame that they have been abused all through their life and they just get thrown into these horrible places and are just forgotten and left to fester stay safe Jay from Stevie boy
It breaks my heart to think that if a lot of these people would have felt loved and protected as a child their lives would have turned out so differently.
You know nothing. Those with mental illness come from every walk of life, every level of society and most of them have ordinary childhoods with loving families.
@@timcastle1844 You also know nothing. It is a scientific fact that it is more common for children who have been abused and experienced trauma to end up with mental illness. Yes of course people who have had perfect lives can still have them, this person never said they couldn’t.
....Sort of agree Cheddar. But getting fed up of people committing crime and then blaming their actions on their parents, their past and their mental health. Whatever happened to freewill and being accountable for your actions
@@maddijasnyy Your qualifications in mental health are?
And you would be completely wrong! The kind of insanity these people suffer from doesn’t come from being not loved!
There is one phrase that I learnt a while ago that I don’t think could be truer: “every child deserves a parent, but not every parent deserves a child”
None of us are immune to our own capacity to have a psychotic break. If you own a brain, that brain can fail. Why is it so taboo that an organ in your body can require help? If your kidneys need help, no one pushes it aside, afraid to talk about it. As soon as it’s your brain......nope. I’m lucky that I have not had to require this type of help. Others, with some of the most awfully abusive pasts, do. I have epilepsy, and I take medication. Take your meds, and do right for yourself always!
Pommie bears People treat you so badly when they know you have a mental disorder, Especially family. They can be your worst nightmare.
Because having another organ fail on you doesn't normally result in you becoming unstable and possibly violent. Its not right to treat them differently but you can't really compare a brain to a kidney or a liver
Because a person is actually the brain. The rest of the body is just a vessel for it.
ok, that's true....but a Kidney doesn't cause you to kill your own mother. I'm not saying its right for people to be so afraid or see these people in a certain light but having a liver issue is not the same as hearing voices who are telling you to kill your friends...that's all I'm saying.
@@aliciacb8284747274 yeah exactly : P
"They arrested me because I drove past a police car...." "What's wrong with that?" "On the pavement........!!!" :) Couldn't stop laughing at that one.
Great to think there are people like you who think mental illness is something to laugh about!
😅😅😅
@@angelawilliams4239 It's fuckin hilarious, innit?
Me too
😂😂😂 he like yeah I did it the wrong way not the right way.
My stepmum worked at a place like this and she got strangled so many times that she can’t have anyone get close to her or breathing on her neck almost 10 years later. It’s truly terrible for the people who have to live with these mental illnesses, and the childhood traumas that were out of their control and contributed to the state they’re in but also I feel it’s important to appreciate the staff who quite literally put their lives on the line to give these people hope for the future.
It takes a very special, patient, and understanding type of individual to devote their life to a place like Broadmoor. I applaud your mom for putting her safety on the line to try and help people who usually can’t even help themselves.
@@Briniecat Agree wholeheartedly.
A friend of mine had an aunt who worked at a psych ward and she was killed by a very violent, paranoid patient.
This is such a good point. Very few people go to work to get abused, strangled, hit, punched kicked, stabbed etc. We focus on the distress of the patient yet we accept their violence towards staff, because they dont want to be medicated.
Why TF do they allows women to work in such places?? Do they call that feminism??
"My father, thankfully he died." Put a smile on my face because I know it was a real relief to him.
Some of us understand.
You know, there’s not much keeping all of us from a place like Broadmoor .
Shaun Cummings totally agree.
we are all only two or three wrong steps away
Sadly that's a true comment
You hit the nail on the head 👌 you never know what's around the corner 😟
It doesn't take much to completely break someone
Such a sin that some of these patient were so battered/abused as children when there are parents in the world wishing for children of their own and can't have them.
True
So so true. I feel this especially strongly as my husband and I have been trying to conceive for 4 years and would be the most loving, caring parents
Narcissistic parent or parents Damage children .
I want to take the abused children and give them off to couples that are struggling to conceive babies. That way everyone is happy with the set up
very true, it’s sad
In my humble opinion,mental illness is THE WORSE ILLNESS in this world. My heart goes out to each person that is suffering.
Poor guy trying to explain how the meds make him feel. I've taken antipsychotics before and felt the same. You don't feel like yourself and don't know how to fix it and it's absolute misery. I went to my office job on new antipsychotics and had to go in the bathroom because I was balling my eyes out and called my mom and all I could say was "please help me" over and over. I feel for him so much
Its torture
I take antipsychotics. The wrong ones for you are torture. Being on too much is torture. But lower doses help me. Also, if you are harming other people then serious decisions have to be made.
Well without the pills they can even be more agressive and dangerous to be around. yes meds sucks it makes things worse
Those drugs kill you slowly
When they said the reason for saying he had to go back on meds was he was lying on the floor singing prayers, I thought that was a bit of a joke. They could have just had someone stay with him and talk to him or let him be until he came out of it. But I guess their hospital routines don't allow for that. Really they should have more staff so there is the slack in the system to be able to deal with situations like that without forcing unwanted treatment on people. Also he said he felt better after a couple of nights sleep, so the psychosis wasn't a permanent condition. I thought he was really truthful and clear about how the medication affected him which is a credit to him.
The irony that whilst the hospital director was making a patients food she was stood right next to a sign that said you must wear gloves and aprons to serve food nd she wore neither 🤦🏼♀️
I noticed that too. :-D
Rachel Livingston 😂😂😂
I know, that's so gross!
Rachel Livingston I reckon she doesn’t enjoy it as much as she says she does also she doesn’t rock up as often as she says
She was only there for the camera
Ive spent time in psych wards and they are full of broken souls that dont desreve to be there.
I agree. It's cruel.
Manc Lad I agree with you so have I spent time in these places and jails and there full of people that shouldn’t even be there I’m a very spiritual person and I gets comfort out of knowing that the abusers (more often than not the parents) will have to answer iff not in this lifetime they will have to answer in the next one my friend respect ✊🏽 for the comment you wrote
I worked in one and some people just cannot cope on the outside and feel secure on wards. you can't say no one deserves to be in as each case and person has different needs. You can't leave violent people out there to harm others.
i would rather be dead and clean than stuck in those places where you might be barred from taking care of your own hygiene. nobody cares if you wake up in the middle of the night and want to brush your teeth. a nurse was posted on night duty in a foul mood and called me stupid. she wouldn't let me brush my teeth. when you wake up you need to clean your teeth and mouth thoroughly.
@@mrfugazi6713 I'm happy you found your path
43:35 Here you can see someone is doing PR infront of the Camera. Just by the reaction after the wellbeing you can see in her eyes and her nervous nod, that the director is not in her normal environment. 44:27 Here on the other hand you can see the team giving the wellbeings. Everybody really means it. Especially the guy with the classes. You can hear it in his voice, it is very emotional. They are the people who work the hardest and put all their hearts in their jobs. They deserve all the respect. And so does Adam. He did his very best in his situation and earned it to be released. All the best for his future.
Yeah they both knew she was as fake as the camera never lies and those people wishing him well really did mean it as they had dealings with him and not her beþ she's only seen him afew times check in and out.
Dylan’s story is so moving. He could have been completely destroyed by his terrible upbringing but he is a wonderful example of rehabilitation. I hope he progresses with the wonderful care from his professionals.
I grew up with a Biopolar father, and his anger was so unpredictable I was so frightened of everything. He was so violent, my mum became an acholic when I was around 14. I ending up in a youth hostel when I was 16. I am 27 now and I was diagnosed with PTSD when I was 24. I did go to university and I work in Architecture now, but I can struggle at times but I have good friends, therapist and my work are soo soo understanding and support much as they can. My PTSD is slowly going away thank goodness! I can't help but feel some empathy for these people given my own experience. But I feel they are in the best place for what they have done. Thank god places like this exist as I don't think prison is the best place for mentally unwell people.
I’m so happy for you I wish you good vibes in your journey ✨💕
Well done on your journey so far. Sending all the hugs and positive vibes your way. You’re amazing.
It is good to see that you are doing better. My mother is bipolar and refused to get treatment for it. So growing up, I was very afraid of her, because her mood swings would be so unpredictable and scary. I totally understand how traumatizing that can be and it has motivated me to keep my own mental health in check.
Pickle and a lot of these folks would do well if they wound up in a small well staffed group home in the community.
@A Sojourner You are very graphic. But probably on target. I knew kids who lived in group homes and the mentally ill there would injure and torment them at every turn.
A hotel?! Who in their right mind would want to sleep in a place where so many people have spent their most dark and lonely, unstable years..
@@prevost8686 the moment you brought your pro life bullshit into this is the moment you lost credibility
@@prevost8686 There are a lot of unwanted children in institutions like this. Abortion is preferable to having a child that one isnt able to take care of, and a fucksight kinder than to condemn a person to a life of suffering like some of these poor sods.
Micky Cripplejohn Bullshit. The line is long to families that would love unwanted children. You have no idea what you are babbling about.
Wayne Swicegood sadly, there’s more children in the care system than families wanting to adopt 💔
A great story line for another season of American Horror Story. The Hotel Cortez was bad enough...
You can only guess how bad it gets. I've spent a fair time on a psych ward in Vienna, voluntarily for a depressive episode. While I was there a Woman had a seizure at the table during breakfast due to her epilepsy. The patients helped calm her down while the doctors first passed it off as a panic attack. It is truly a place full of broken people. Most of the abuse that happens is still classified as normal.
Vienna, Austria?
Wouldn’t the Dr be aware if she was epileptic?
wah wah
I myself suffer from epilepsy and don't quite understand this. If someone has a seizure (grand mal) you can't help them by just calming them down. They can't even hear or see you. Wasn't she on any kind of epilepsy meds or was this her first seizure?
Think you know nothing tbh. Don't lie
“Is an AK-47 a machine gun?” The inmate looked at the staff as if the staff were the crazy ones 😂
It's an assault rifle though?
Lmao “you’ve never heard of an AK-47??” Made me laugh.
@@Nauticunt yes. Cheap and easy to produce. Works well in most any condition, didn't really jam much either. With a 30 round mag these guns are scary.
But he didn’t know how to describe it 🤔
@@giaximoi I don't believe English is his first language.
just remember folks: MENTAL ILLNESS DOES NOT EQUAL EVIL. OR VIOLENCE. OR CRIME.
Well, I guess it does with these people. Else they would not be there
And sometimes it does. Some the patients here that they didn't show are Ian Brady a man who raped & murdered children & Sutcliffe a serial killer... & those are just the famous ones.
ok clearly the point here was missed. i was pointing out that the stigma around mental illness is hurtful and wrong. i myself have a myriad of mental illnesses, people around me do as well. i’ve been in psych wards. and i’ve never once met a person who was a murderer or violent. many criminals are just evil.
@@pixie9499 how would you know if you had for one? I doubt the person would just go around telling strangers what they did. & they probably keep those people in a high security place. But here in America they don't care about your mental state they just send you to prison. Sick or not. I have a cousin who killed someone while suffering a paranoid delusion. Even though he had a history of mental illness (schizophrenia runs in my moms family) they didn't care & sent him to prison.
twentyøne des well it can cause people to be violent and commit crimes
So many of these patients have had childhoods filled with horror. Children in care are often abused. A Paedophile can scar a child for life. Abuse can be at the hands of parents as well. Children need help before their minds rebel and they become violent.
Drug abused
And in saying that alot have been in abusive (sexually, voilent) and have come thru fine the chemical makeup of the brain can cause longterm damage . Alot of the time for "normal" people is they choose to step forward in life and don't look back , for others they cant
@Mike Hunt He had his own keys.
Does this excuse them then to harm innocent people Kary ann Fontaine
@Lol Why men are, if you're a man you probably are.
I love that there was a sign over the toaster...”gloves to be worn when making and serving food to patients”...not a glove to be seen!
As an out-patient from a low security ward I can safely say with the right medication and interaction, a patient can become themselves overnight. Now, as far as the illness goes, I'm very lucky that I haven't suffered any real episodes of psychosis for two years on this medication, I would guess that some of these patients did things they had no control over (which is what happens unfortunately). I did however have multiple episodes, and could well have easily ended up in Broadmoor, if I was violent. Watching this video gave me an insight into what brings people here, may they have a safe recovery. In other news I hope this wellness of mine continues, as I pick up the pieces, and get a job in the new year, c'mon let's be having you...! Merry Christmas x
can you suffer psychosis because of medication?
May I ask.. Do you feel that you benefitted more from medication or conversation/ patient to doctor work? What do you feel the systems in place these days are lacking the most?
@@unalylithnyx2098 I think the systems in place are great, as many staff, care coordinators and psychiatrists and nurses are qualified and even overqualified for the job that they do. The only one downside is that in some places, when you're actually ill, you are at risk to being treated exactly like an outsider, locked in your room. And even mocked. By the very people meant to be looking after you, not all, but some. That's probably the same complaint many have, and if you imagine it... It's very hard for anyone else to intervene with these bullies in the system, unless there's higher powers in place, to rectify it. Though, everything else is absolutely amazing and everyone involved goes above and beyond, literal heroes of our nations, going and saving the lives of these out of place people and giving them the best they can. Community groups, direct intervention, friends made in a professional setting. The last meeting I had with my care coordinator brought us to tears, because of our friendship, and bond through the years coming to an end. So it's not all bad, like anything in life. I'll close it here, thank you for asking.
@@RoryStockton Thanks for sharing, Have a nephew who's struggled with mental illness his entire life. Goes off his meds regularly choosing to self medicate. Your story of success gives me hope - Merry Christmas
My prayers are with you as you start a new chapter in yr life and am so proud and happy for your great progress.
It is so sad that their actions or crimes have been due to bad childhood n abuse
which is why all child abusers should be put to death
becky flower Not true at all.
Most mental illness & child abuse is inherited. The abused becomes the abuser.
Yep! Trauma rewires the brain, it is repairable though, but it's a lot of work and many have succumbed to learned helplessness so don't even have the gumption to try. Beyond tragic! Bless 'em all.
Absolutely don’t agree with what you sed The vast majority of people with mental illnesses do not do bad things or abuse so please don’t put everyone with a mental illnesses in the same box I say this as someone who has mental illnesses and has worked in mental health for over 10 years
Watching this I can see my sister in Anthony. She suffers my psychosis, and had the worst episode this past summer. She spent years on the wrong meds (her doing), was on the right meds, but is now convinced she’s better and doesn’t need them anymore. As an outsider, I can’t stressed how frustrating and sad it is to lose my sister to this insufferable and cruel illness. When she was on the right meds, it felt like I had my sister back, but now that she’s off them again, the sister I knew is now gone. Honestly, mental illness is so cruel. It doesn’t care who you are or your background. Wouldn’t wish that on anyone.
It's really difficult trying to find the right drugs. It's like one big experiment. This is why being in there helps them find the right treatment. For safety. My friend has schizophrenia, and has been a few times sectioned, whilst trying to find the right medicines. It's so upsetting.
Stephanie Melendez especially as a woman as I believe a lot of drugs are trialed on men initially, so there’s much more information on effects on men vs women/ and drugs being geared to suit them. A male minds and female minds are very differently inherently
You should respect people's decisions not to take psychotropics with devestating side effects and iatrogenic complications. It's risk Vs reward. If she's not a danger to herself or others then I would respect her decision.
Unfortunately so many people with a psychiatric illness once they start feeling normal after a month or so they stop taking their medication as cruel as it sounds they should be forced to be given a monthly injection or 3 monthly most medications can be given that way
@@stevelawrence723 why should they be forced? To mitigate your fear of deviance? It sounds cruel because it is.
This is such an eye opener to me. I am Australian, grew up in a middle class home, was sometimes physically abused by my stepfather as a young teenager so went to live with my father. Apart from the short period with my stepfather, I had a very happy and loving childhood with a father who was always in our lives. I have one living child, who has been told every day he is loved, and now he cares for me as I have Lupus. My heart aches for these people who were so badly abused as kids, I will never understand how anyone could do that to a child. My love to all of these souls, who deserved so much better than they got.
God bless you
I spent years working with violent psych patients. If I'm within arms reach of anyone holding a knife, even a butter knife, my anxiety goes way up. My family doesn't understand and I think it's better they don't know the things I've gone through. I loved all my patients and i don't regret working with them, but it wasn't always easy.
Why do I get the feeling this director is showing off by being present in this documentary? Asking for a friend
Because she is. Directors don't normally come down to the floor, she just came down because of the cameras.
It was her photo opportunity.
I was just about to say that 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
The patients didn’t even know who she was! 😂
She's annoying.
Horrific the abuse some of these patients have gone through :(
Or what they did to others?
@@damnbadger8242 it isnt a competition.
its so sad i do feel for them
They are prisoners, not patients
They should all have a bullet put through their heads.. the most dangerous type of offenders are the ones who would harm innocent people because of their mental health
it's so sad to know that most of these men would not be there if someone had helped them as children...at a certain point a person's psyche is broken sometimes to a point where it can't be fixed....it's hopeful to think some of these men can be healed...
I appreciate how this documentary keeps the patient confidentialities because mental health is part of the physical body.
The hospital likely acts as the guardians of the patients and the hospital did not give the documentary permission to reveals their identities. It’s not that the documentary didn’t want to reveal who they are, they legally weren’t allowed to.
A child soldier... Poor man. :(
You're really going to believe someone in a mental health facility so easily?
He's not Somalian lol, plus he couldn't even tell dude what a AK47 was, these are nutters, you gotta take what they say with a pinch of salt
Mr. Anonymous I wouldn’t say that, I don’t believe him because everyone knows an ak47 is an assault rifle
Mr. Anonymous And just like that, stigma, judgement, generalization, stereotype... ‘Everybody who suffers from mental illness are dishonest and shouldn’t be trusted.’ Really, dude? You gotta be better than that.
Dave Williams ‘these are nutters’, really? You think that’s an acceptable thing to be saying in this day and age? Shape up.
"What was done to me created me" - V :(
5:41 saying all stuff must wear gloves when serving food and yet the director is the only one not wearing gloves. Shows she's never done this before.
Dylan and Adam being the sweetest people on the planet honestly they had such horrible disgusting things happen to them but I'm so happy they're progressing in life 😍😊
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@@stevenpryer5880 huh???
Yeah like a director is going to give a prisoner a breakfast tray comes across as playing for the cameras
A competent, compassionate one will.
That’s done on so many jobsites. I experienced this on my job. Funny thing is they are always behaving unnatural. My frends looking at the show asked me if i had to work with the idiot on the program. Telling this at work to my other colleagues was hilarious.
Ano laughable isn't it #fake
In many of these men’s cases this shows you that it’s very important to give a child a safe, loving environment. A child is a precious gift for parents, if someone isn’t going to treat a child well, then have an abortion or give the child up for adoption. Love your children, they are a part of you.
.....Unfortunately, society still expects people to have children, and many people just follow that expectation, even though they are extremely damaged individuals or totally unprepared for parenthood. I myself chose not to have children, as I am definitely *not* maternal in the slightest. Many people like me, but who have children when they clearly shouldn't.
@@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat I totally agree. I was a woman who should not have had children. None the less, I had 2. I totally screwed up my daughter she ended up Trans. Thank God I let my sons grandparents on his fathers side effec
Yes trauma leaves a lasting effect
@@michelleburt3468 you screwed up your child but not because theyre trans, because you can’t support who they are. You don’t deserve a child just like most of the parents of these people.
@@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat it's not society that expects women to have children, it's part of nature, in our DNA. Without the drive to reproduce humanity would not survive.
I was born and brought by loving parents who sacrificed their lives for me and my brother. I was never abused. I was always cherished even when I made mistakes and did illegal things (drugs). But I never got into trouble. I never hurt anyone. I'm nearly 60 now and I've never been arrested for anything even though I was a hardcore drug user for decades. Watching this just makes me realise how incredibly lucky and fortunate I've been in my life. I've had it so easy! These poor guys have had a terrible time and then they end up imprisoned for years. I really feel for them.
Same, your comment deserves respect 💪
Just enjoy the life you have now. No one knows who you’ll be in your next life. Good comment 👍🏻
How did you never just bump into cops whilst smoking a biffa or get randomly stopped in your car???. man your lucky.
I grew up the same as some of these patients.very poor and a father with a belt that was well used.he died at 62 i miss him every day.i grew up had 2 children that i vowed never to hit them.give them love and attention.everything they need.as a single father im proud of my 2 honor roll teenagers.they turned out very well balanced and intelligent.
You broke the cycle.. good for you.
Why do you miss him? You should set fire to his grave
I struggle with severe depression, anxiety, and Borderline Personality Disorder. I pray for these lost souls and all who suffer from mental illness.
@@rpsrenemcintosh9950 Thank you. I wish you all the best.
I will pray for you❤
Couldn't help laughing at the guy saying I drove past the police! What,s wrong with that? I was on the pavement!!!! Ha
Yeah he set it up perfectly lol
I found Mukhtar’s rap to be genuinely inspiring. He’s battled through so much. His rap and attitude inspire me to do more and to also give myself some mercy. Much respect to him. He’s a true warrior. We will rise above, brother ❤️❤️❤️
He can move in with you when he is free?
you like the black D?
I do contracting work for a lot of high security mental health hospitals. The patients are very respectful and nice. Have to understand there’s always a past despite what they have done
There’s something very wise about Adam saying that although it’s not normal to throw things when angry, he had to do it in order to get his mindset back on track. I wish I was that aware of what I had to do to make myself feel better and had the freedom to do whatever that is.
When you’ve suffered with something for so long you learn little tactics and techniques that help you manage. Of course this doesn’t apply to everyone, I’m just giving my personal experience.
You tube getting ridiculous with the ads now.
It's not youtube, the uploader can choose where and when to put ads
@@wynnhorton1208 /ad blocker?
Skip to the end and start again the ads are gone..
Actually it’s both. KZhead can choose to put their own commercials if the channel is not monetized
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I’ve had and still continue to experience my own issues with mental ill health and i’m agog at how beautifully unbiased and person centred this piece actually is. I don’t know what i was expecting to see watching this, but i can definitely say i was not expecting this. To whomever made this, i say bravo, you’ve really shone a light on the people whom call Broadmoor home as opposed to the institution itself. Whilst the two things are inextricably linked, they are not at all the same thing
That wasn’t my point. I was merely commenting on how, for me at any rate, it was made from an entirely non-biased way neither taking one side nor the other
One of the biggest things I loved about watching this was that no matter how low these people thought about themselves they still sang happy birthday to someone just to make that person feel special..... There's hope there.... GOD LOVE YOU ALL...
So scary that this could literally happen to anyone at anytime. It's horrifying to think about how it might feel to not be in control of your own mind.
This won’t happen to me.
You never know...
I was schizophrenic, but now I'm in two minds about it ...
Actually really scares me
@@danielhoward-smith7021 said that😂
The training that these nurses have to have is extraordinary
Nurses usually distribute meds and write reports all day, it’s support workers who have to face the biggest challenges. I worked 4 years on a MH ward, nurses were always in the office protected by a screen.
@@coralscott182 That's so true. Support workers face all the danger for the privilege of some of the lowest pay.
@@coralscott182 Really?
@@12marcusboy 100%
@@coralscott182 did you work as a support worker before?
The mental health issue is one that enough people understand. It is hard to live with everyday. I have great respect for those trying to help these men.
Moctar's story and poem made me absolutely sob. I really hope he gets into university and finds his family and he had many many happy moments throughout the rest of his life
As a mother I have to say I am disgusted at how badly these men were failed by their own parents. I do not excuse their actions or choices but my god ...my heart breaks
Omg it's so sad what that guy went thru. Literally made me feel sick. Please God help this guy.
Priscilla Gomez and you deserve less respect than them
Prayers and blessings to these unfortunate, abused souls..I pray they find health and happiness. 💗💖💕💗
Hearing these peoples stories literally made my heart ache. I am so sorry this world has done you such an injustice
So happy for Dylan. The best news he could have got from the tribunal and so well deserved. I wish nothing but the best for him.
Some of these story’s break my heart, I pray for everyone that lives or works here
I feel sympathy with the guy that doesn't want to be medicated. He'd rather put up with the bad sides of his condition, and feel alive, than be tranquillised. Obviously I don't know his situation in full, but I feel that unless he's at risk of harming himself or others he should be allowed to choose rather than have medications forced upon him.
What a fantastic hospital that truly seeks to rehabilitate. So inspirational that the Hospitals Director is a nurse too.
It’s quite sad really instead of building more prisons we need more places like this that actually help and rehabilitating them
we do need prisons, most criminals arent crazy, what we need is prison reform
Bruh, if the population increases, the number of criminals will increase, therefore building more prisons is an eventual given
well a lot of these people have been violent. say one of them beat my mother and robbed her, i wouldn't want them to get better and merrily carry on with life, i'd want them to rot in prison.
@@soepsoep6445 that’s culture
But who gives us garountee they are taking there pills outside?
I love this staff. I am quite impressed. It's good for us to see this. It is important to keep this conversation and topic in the forefront. We need to see them and realize their humanity. Not just the patient/inmates but the staff!!
God bless the work done here!! Here in America ( Massachusetts specifically), they closed so many mental health hospitals in the late 90s. The patients were turned loose, expected to keep appointments and take meds. If u ever have worked with the mentally ill, u understand immediately what kind of impact. A lot were homeless and flooding the emergency department and jails. God bless you
"Treatment in the community" they called it. It has shown to be an unmitigated failure, and we need to open new institutions for those whose mental health is too poor to be allowed to stay in the community.
It's a complex and upsetting issue no matter how you look at it, the institutions we had here were rife with abuse, neglect, overcrowding, and underfunding, so on one hand it made sense to shut them down. On the other you cannot leave so many vulnerable people alone with no healthcare or support , it's a recipe for suffering either way and I wish we'd treat our most vulnerable people with more respect.
What treatment? Do they expect us to know how to give therapy and give medication? Intentionally being ignorant ~ and putting us all in danger!
so true.You obviously have expeirence and more importantly...compassion and common sense.
All of the state mental hospitals were closed down in the late 80's-early90's all in the name of saving that almighty $!!! My mother was a psych nurse for 28 yrs @ a state mental hospital & they began closing them just as she retired. It absolutely broke her heart to see the patients just turned out into the streets & told to live on a few hundred dollars a month, take ur meds, & good luck when clearly most of these ppl were ill prepared to do this! Instead of fixing the problems that existed, they just made the problems a million times worse. Now, it would take billions if not trillions to fix it. All thanks to Ronald Reagan 🤮 ( sorry, natural response to his name being mentioned)
The staff have impressed me & i'm filled with 'awe' at the absolute non-judgmental attitude!!!!
They're hardly likely to act up on a TV show are they.
He was 8 years old😢😢😢😢he was a baby where were his parents😢😢😢😢poor child
Dylan what can I say What a life how did he survive all that abuse What chance does he have in life My heart breaks for him
All the chances. Abuse is not an excuse nor an explanation for mental Illness. The two are not joined at the hip. And if you spent time reading the proper literature instead of watching Jeremy Kyle, you wouldn’t write such utter crap!
@@minerva2958 Wow. Educate yourself and learn how to empathise.
@@gemma5286 stuff your empty empathy where the sun doesn’t shine!
Really well done documentary. Thank you. Brings back memories of mental health patients I had contact with as a nurse in a remote hospital in Western Australia
Welcome back to another episode of what has quartine brought me to watch todayyyyyy!
Oh my heart always breaks for child soldiers. They didn’t choose to be born into that environment.
I dont think he was really a child soldier ,he didn't know what type of gun is an ak47 its an assault riffle and the staff asked if it was a riffle and he said no its a gun? Remember these guys are insane so take what they say with a pinch of salt 😨
@@brianjohnston4929 No, no, no. The term he was searching for is "semi-automatic" (rather than machine gun or regular gun) and remember, they aren't thinking clearly. The nurse didn't know either.
@@brianjohnston4929 I'm not sure that child soldiers are scholars on guns. They are exploited children, he wouldn't be on the internet researching...
@@oliviamartini9700 an AK-47 is an assault rifle it can be fired in semi-automatic and fully automatic. Automatic Kalashnikov.... so YES yes YES.
@@Jafmanz I needed this comment lol
So very strange to see guards without weapons. I am from the USA. It is so hopeful to see the posibilities of guards with compassion, without violence. Wish we could figure this out.
They are not really "guards" - they are healthcare professionals: nurses, orderlies, and doctors. So they won't carry guard
Guards on the inside of prison and jail do not carry guns trust me.
You must support defunding the police.
@@drakecarter1780 not a chance they're the only ones keeping the peace.
prison guards in the US do NOT have guns or weapons
Amazing progress! So proud of these people for working on themselves.
I wish there was a place like this for my brothers. My oldest brother slowly developed schizophrenia type symptoms while in and out of jail. He thought he was hard, and was gonna sling drugs, but got caught every time. I barely knew him out of jail. He spent the majority of his life in jail. He unfortunately hung himself in jail after my mother passed away. All that’s left of his memory is a niece that I never get to see. Now my only other living brother is facing life in prison for a heinous crime he committed against his stepdaughter. He won’t be able to get the real help he needs for whatever mental illness he has, and unfortunately It’s only a matter of time before he finds a way to kill himself. I just hope one day the United States will get better at dealing with those who are mentally ill in our justice system...
Life's been tough to you Joseph but you're going to thrive & live a beautiful life. Love from Australia 🌟
Thought to his step daughter hope she received the help she needed
I feel a sense of being proud of those people who got their release and a massive sense of thankfulness to the doctors and nurses that help in the rehabilitation of these people. The NHS in this country comes under a lot of scrutiny and so does the mental health service. This proves they're good people trying to help and make a difference
its not the people in the NHS who come under scrutiny, its the budget cuts and the lack of hospitals and government funding which comes under scrutiny.
@@Leo-ti4ml that's where you've been fooled the NHS has today the biggest budget ever £143 billion, its the NHS wastefulness of management who are the top paid civil servants and have myriad middle managers making obscene salaries even higher than the Prime Minister and hiring diversity and inclusion agents at £60,000 a year per hire double a nurses salary, the NHS needs serious reform but it can't be done the NHS is the UKs religion now, a sacred cow.
My heart goes out to Dylan. I hope he can find happiness and peace.
That place is a luxury compared to the United States...if it were in Texas, it would be extremely horrifying.
Hearing the patients tell their stories is extremely powerful
Thank god this place exists, and that there are men and women prepared to work there. How many of us would want to do that job everyday? I couldn't do it.
Sadly they are turning it into a hotel? Why idfk...
I'd love to do it x
I would love to work there, helping the people in there live happier lives.
My ex husband is a psychiatric nurse. He used to come home covered in huge bruises from having to handle the violent clients. He loved it. The patients were so interesting. And tragic. He had a schizophrenic patient who was raised in a satanic cult as well. She was a brilliant architect who specialized in hospital layouts when she was OK. But then she would deteriorate and become suicidal. So sad.
Oh Dylan! I am so sorry for your childhood, you are so hurt, it's no wonder you you got into trouble. I hope you truly get better mate!
Great documentary. I wish it had subtitles. KZhead captions are laughingly inaccurate.
An excellent documentary. Literally weep when one of the patients told the story of his mother leaving him aged 9, then the abuse… he did nothing to deserve that life.
That place looks absolutely huge and the buildings are immense - if there’s only 200 men, why are their quarters so cramped??
Drop Z: Spilling the Tea I guess cuz there’s a lot less risk in a smaller room, less places to hide stuff like weapons etc
Some of the wards were no longer fit for purpose and closed, so other wards were altered to accommodate extra patients. Patients in the 60's/70's/80's were often housed in overcrowded dormitory wards. Some of the now closed wards would have been for female patients, when Broadmoor still accepted them. New wards are being built, some of the patients have moved into them.
because there are about 2,000 staff there to stop the really dangerous ones getting out.....
From personal experience, it may be because a smaller room makes one feel more secure. I believe it's why some have chosen to have a small curtain on their doors. ♥️
i worked at Oregon State Hospital. There is so much of the buildings for administrative staff who NEVER go onto the units.
Watching this truly makes me remember "There but for the grace of God go I". My mother always told me that very little separates us all but dumb luck. I was born into a loving family, I was born without any genetic predisposition to violence/aggression/mental illness, I experienced no real trauma. I didn't work for that, I was just lucky. I believe some people experience trauma/abuse but their brains are luckily born stronger/resiliant, some simply aren't, so it will effect them differently. I pray we as a society keep practising kindness, even when it's hard.
Liberty Scott Yes I’m very grateful for God’s grace & mercy!
Liberty Scott While I appreciate your comment,luck has absolutely nothing to do with it!
Beautifully said. ♡
@@jasonantigua6825 ha how can luck have nothing to do with it... get a grip it's a huge factor in life
A* rich Don’t get so hung up on the word! It’s just like saying someone winning the lottery was lucky! Get a grip sweetheart.
"I drove past a police car" - "What's wrong with passing a police car?" - "On the pavement." I LOLed at that. Cheeky!
Interesting point that the institution might be the first stability they’ve ever had in their lives; the first time they’ve ever been looked after, gotten three meals a day and had structure. One has to wonder if an inability to make it on the outside is a factor in recidivism rates.
No way should Broadmoor be turned into a hotel, it should be left empty or pulled down, there is way too much negative energy stored in it's fabric for it to ever be a healthy environment for anyone.
energy cannot be negative. the asymmetry of energy vs dark energy is evidence of this. i dont think you can rationalize that dark energy (representing about 2/3rds of the total energy of the universe) is negitive, or harmful or bad. if the dark energy proportions were any different its almost certain the universe would be much different and likely uninhabitable as we know life.
i think that would make it an even cooler hotel... a haunted hotel! i'd be willing to travel there if i could stay in it as a hotel... but i actually don't see why they need to uproot everybody when it seems like it serves the purpose... and the patients they interviewed seemed to feel comfortable with the facility........ and it's really too big to be a hotel that far outside of london. at any rate, i hope they don't demolish it. it's a beautiful building, and practically a historical monument.
luxury flats would be cool, with some vintage lobotomy machines in a glass case in reception. My old man was banged up in Hatton, erstwhile nuthouse here in Warwickshire back in the 1970s; now leafy fragrant high-end condos....
It's just a building. 'Negative energy' only comes when silly people obsess over who lived there before. Move on!
@@supergrahamg : They should chuck all the paedophiles and sexual predators in that place - for life.
I’ve worked inside broadmoor,strange eerie place but the staff are great
was nice to see the staff actually showing emotion to departing people
Love this channel’s content. Best there is for documentaries in my opinion
The side affects of antipsychotic meds are not desirable. I can understand a patient' unwillingness to take the drug. Would you want to take it knowing such side affects?
the point is that these poorly people lack insight into the fact their belief they do not need drugs is a delusion; people, like me, who have suffered moderate to severe clinical depression, also exhibit a tendency to resist medication because of its side effects, when sometimes the alternative is not rude health, but death.....
@@supergrahamg That is a terrible choice. Research is necessary to develop better medication with less side effects to treat depression.
kary ann Fontaine Billions have been spent in the last 40 years . There’s never going to be a drug to fix the human condition. Pain, suffering, and sickness is here to stay.
@@prevost8686 Well of course you cant fix those things completely but thurther research is also still needed. If 40 years ago they didn't start to spend the billions then there wouldnt be the help there is today. In another 40 years after more research we will understand even more and another 40 years after that.
I used to be unwilling to take my medication and had it injected. I am now out of hospital and I take my medication most days because if I don't take it I pose a serious risk to myself. Even not taking my medication for 3 days means that I, most times, end up in general hospital after trying to end my life or self harming. I'd rather take it and have the side effects but be at home than be in hospital having it injected with the same side effects.
I agree that mental disorders are real and need to be addressed... but some of these people just cannot be put back amongst the public.
This seems like such a stressful job, makes you appreciate the challenges they (and the patients) have to deal with.
Thankyou to everybody involved, for sharing this video.
These medical staff are courageous and I feel for the patients only, some truly believe they dont belong there
This is really interesting and so glad they got to film here.. all the staff are like a big family All professional no egos... fantastic 💗🙏💗
Poor Dylan! He actually seems like he has a good heart too, cooking his friends food and being kind. Poor guy
when i was 15 i was in and out of 3 different physc wards for my mental health it was hard and now living on my own i’ve done so well i really do feel for ppl going through a lot