Upon a growing understanding of mental health followed by health care reforms, asylums around the world shuttered their doors. While many have been repurposed, many others were abandoned ...
Just north of Sydney is an abandoned asylum with a horribly dark past. Both media and government departments reported torture, multiple drownings and unexplained deaths of men and little boys.
Sefton Council and a local MP had opposed converting the resort into asylum accommodation The government has abandoned plans to house asylum seekers in a Pontins Holiday Park on Merseyside ...