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Broadmoor

/ ˈbrɔːdˌmɔː /

noun

  1. an institution in Berkshire, England, for housing and treating mentally ill criminals


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Speakers: LaToya Cantrell, President, Broadmoor Improvement Association and Broadmoor Development Corp.

Still other attendees toured the Broadmoor district and the Lower Ninth Ward, which are being reimagined—and reborn.

Dr Nicholson, of Broadmoor, who was consulted on the point, said he thought this danger was quite a real one.

The opening of Broadmoor has also affected the mortality of this class, having reduced it materially.

The jury acquitted him on the ground of insanity, and he was admitted at Broadmoor in January, 1876.

Financial considerations must be a very important practical point in the existence of Broadmoor.

Again, there is a reason, on the side of the prison authorities, why convicts when insane should not be sent to Broadmoor.

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