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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — 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 ...

The photographs depict the extent of decay that years of neglect have inflicted on South House - an abandoned section of the asylum complex. The original hospital, one of the UK's first lunatic ...

The ACLU and a coalition of immigrant rights advocates filed a lawsuit Monday to stop the federal government from implementing the Trump administration’s new asylum policies, which they argue ...

McALLEN, Texas — The sea change caused by the end of the CBP One program for asylum seekers following President Trump's inauguration was just the beginning of questions for those escaping violence.

In Mexico, about 30,000 immigrants with asylum appointments arrived to find them canceled. More than 10,400 refugees around the globe who had been approved for travel to the United States suddenly ...