Ashworth Special Hospital: Report of the Committee of Inquiry

This inquiry, chaired by His Honour Peter Fallon QC, investigated allegations by a former patient about misuse of drugs and alcohol, financial irregularities, possible paedophile activity, and the availability of pornographic material on Ashworth Special Hospital’s Personality Disorder Unit. The full text of the inquiry’s report, published January 1999, is available here on the GOV.UK site.