Broadmoor fire: Blaze breaks out at psychiatric hospital where some of UK’s most notorious criminals have been held

All patients at Broadmoor are detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 and have serious conditions like schizophrenia which mean they can’t be in normal prison. The average length of stay at Broadmoor is five-and-a-half years. Broadmoor has space to cater for 240 patients who suffer from mental illness and personality disorders.