The new £250m high-security Broadmoor Hospital, treating men confined under the Mental Health Act, has opened.
Patients and staff have moved into the emergency clinic in Crowthorne, Berkshire, close to its previous 150-year-old Victorian home.
The structure which has confronted delays was because of open in 2017.
West London NHS Trust said the site "typifies expectation and recuperation" and would assist it with giving consideration "in a situation fit for the 21st Century".
The new Broadmoor Hospital incorporates three new ward structures, gardens and a focal structure where patients can participate in exercises.
Broadmoor is one of three high-security emergency clinics in England.
The new emergency clinic will have the option to give treatment to up to 210 men with psychological sickness and character issue who speak to a high level of hazard to themselves as well as other people.
Patients are conceded from jail, court or medium secure clinics. Some have not submitted an offense, however need particular consideration in a high-security setting to help their recuperation.
All patients at Broadmoor Hospital are confined under the Mental Health Act 1983.
The normal length of remain at Broadmoor Hospital is five-and-a-half years.
Past patients have included famous prisoner Charles Bronson, and executioners Ronnie Kray and Peter Sutcliffe.
Carolyn Regan, CEO of West London NHS Trust, stated: "The new emergency clinic embodies the ethos of expectation and recuperation at Broadmoor."
"The new medical clinic empowers us to give this consideration in a domain fit for the 21st Century over the coming years," she said.
The old Victorian structure on indistinguishable grounds from the new site will be set available to be purchased.
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