Locked up in a mental health hospital for 45 years – despite not being mentally ill
Kasibba was locked up in a mental health hospital when she was child and - despite not having any mental illness - languished there for 45 years. This is her story.
File on 4 Investigates tells the story of Kasibba – a woman locked up as a schoolgirl in a mental health hospital. She languished there for 45 years - despite not being mentally ill. She was finally freed two years ago after the intervention of a rookie psychologist. Reporter Carolyn Atkinson asks why so many so many autistic people and/or those with a learning disability, including children, are still locked up and why successive governments have failed to meet their promises to move people from hospital to home.
Reporter: Carolyn Atkinson
Producer: Ben Robinson
Editor: Carl Johnston
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