Dispatches

Locked Away: Our Autism Scandal (2023x3)

Air date: Mar 24, 2023

A film by award-winning autistic director Richard Butchins in which, for the first time, autistic patients housed within mental health units relate their experiences in their own words. Some have been incarcerated for years in unsuitable wards and hospitals across the UK. The videos, made secretly by patients and sent to Butchins, paint a stark portrait of a healthcare system in crisis.