Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

(CNN) — Steve Roberts isn’t sure he believes in ghosts. But without them, he can’t really explain what happened several months ago at Pennsylvania’s infamous Pennhurst Asylum. In May, he joined a ...

The Eloise Asylum in Westland was once a poorhouse, a psychiatric facility and a general hospital that housed thousands of patients. At its peak, Eloise was a self-sufficient community spanning 900 ...

The number of people claiming asylum in the UK hit a record high last year, new figures have revealed. A total of 108,138 people applied for asylum in the UK in 2024, according to data published by ...

The UK's asylum system is affected by inefficiencies, "wasted public funds" and a succession of "short-term, reactive" government policies that have moved problems elsewhere, the National Audit Office ...

Condemned as evil, mental hospitals closed, leading to fragmented system. Dec. 20, 2012— -- It took filmmaker Lucy Winer several decades to come to terms with having been locked up in a mental ...

In Wisconsin, the former Sheboygan County Hospital for the Insane is now the Sheboygan Haunted Asylum, with seasonal haunted houses featuring costumed actors. The Sheboygan Falls site also hosts ...