Ashworth Hospital Ashworth is one of three high security hospitals in the country, and mainly treats patients from across the north west and north Wales. It is home to around 228 patients who live ...

Ashworth Hospital is one of only three high-security psychiatric hospitals in England and Wales. It treats some of the most notorious criminals in history. But what is it like?

Ashworth high security hospital is home to Britain's most violent patients including Moors murderer Ian Brady. The BBC's Judith Moritz talks to staff and patients.

A high security hospital is to appeal against a decision to prevent it building a 20-feet high perimeter fence. Ashworth Hospital in Merseyside needs to construct the new barrier to meet demands made ...

Ashworth Hospital, near Maghull on Merseyside, houses prisoners deemed to be criminally insane. Cregan lured Pcs Nicola Hughes, 23, and Fiona Bone, 32, to their deaths in a horrifying gun and ...

A secure hospital in the suburbs of Merseyside has a chilling reputation which sparks fear and foreboding across the country. Ashworth Hospital, around the corner from the family homes and playing ...