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Inmates at Bellevue Hospital

"Here the most aggressive patients are kept locked away."

Tags: Bellevue Hospital (Kingston, Jamaica); Hospital patients - Jamaica; Hospital wards - Jamaica; Hospitals - Jamaica; Mentally ill; Prisoners - Mental health services; Psychiatric hospitals - Jamaica

Bellevue hospital patient lying behind bars.

Tags: Bars (Furniture); Bellevue Hospital (Kingston, Jamaica); Hospital architecture - Jamaica; Hospital patients - Jamaica; Hospital wards - Jamaica; Mentally ill; Prisoners - Mental health services

An inmate of the Bellevue Hospital looks through a grilled window from his cell.

Tags: Hospitals - Jamaica; Kingston (Jamaica); Mentally ill; Prisoners - Mental health services; Psychiatric hospitals

This inmate inside has been locked away. There is no bed and the floor is of concrete.

Tags: Hospitals - Jamaica; Kingston (Jamaica); Mentally ill; Prisoners - Mental health services; Psychiatric hospitals