We had more than our fair share in Surrey.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookwood_Hospital
Now a large modern housing estate, with a small modern secure unit (very secure - guards, fences, the lot)
With the closure of these places, and it numbers in the hundreds, one wonders what became of the past, present and future inmates.
Of course a percentage should never have been there in the first place, a percentage will be successfully treated at home, but we know a significant portion have fallen through the gaps, ending up in and out of police cells and doing prison time.
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