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Locked up: Woman held in mental health facility for 45 years

Locked up: Woman held in mental health facility for 45 years

Update: 2025-03-041
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File on 4 Investigates tells the story of Kasibba – a woman locked up as a schoolgirl in a mental health hospital. She languished there for 45 years - despite not being mentally ill. She was finally freed two years ago after the intervention of a rookie psychologist. Reporter Carolyn Atkinson asks why so many autistic people and/or those with a learning disability, including children, are still locked up and why successive governments have failed to meet their promises to move people from hospital to home.

Reporter: Carolyn Atkinson
Producer: Ben Robinson
Technical Producer: Nicky Edwards
Production Coordinator: Tim Fernley
Editor: Carl Johnston

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Locked up: Woman held in mental health facility for 45 years

Locked up: Woman held in mental health facility for 45 years

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