Established in 1827, the former colonial "insane asylum" and hospital has held thousands of people, including alcoholics, people with disabilities and young unmarried women. It closed in 2000.

Award-winning author, Professor Paul Crawford draws on his research into lunatic asylums in his latest novel, The Wonders of Doctor Bent, to explore survival from childhood trauma. Did you know ...

When it was first built such establishments were referred to as 'lunatic asylums' and Whittingham was the second biggest in Europe. The hospital closed in 1995 and, while the NHS built Guild Park on ...

It’s inconceivable that this peculiar building—once part of the Bloomingdale Insane Asylum—set the foundation for the university’s campus. It feels like an incongruous piece in a jigsaw ...

A high-ranking Tren de Aragua gang member who claims to be an asylum seeker, along with two other migrants wearing what appeared to be high-end Ralph Lauren-branded teddy bear tops, appeared in ...

Plans to use a former hospital in East Sussex as accommodation for asylum seekers are under consideration by the Home Office, it has been confirmed. The Esperance Hospital in Eastbourne operated ...

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The Trump administration was sued Monday for its effort to end asylum protections at the border with a Day 1 executive order. The suit, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigration advocacy groups on Monday sued the Trump administration over its ban on asylum access at the southern border, saying the sweeping restrictions illegally put people ...

Washington — The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging President Trump's move to close down the American asylum system, saying it violates legal ...

A white supremacist who stabbed an asylum seeker at a hotel in what a judge said was "undoubtedly a terrorist attack" has been jailed for life. Callum Parslow, 32, stabbed Nahom Hagos in the chest ...