Senate advances bill to log abuse cover-ups in state health care registry
The Illinois Senate approved a bill preventing health care workers with substantiated abuse claims from working in state-funded mental health ...
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GOP lawmakers call for hearings in wake of abuse at Choate
Late last week, the members sent a letter to key Democratic committee chairs in the Illinois House and Senate asking ...
‘Tired of being abused:’ Watchdog report shows Choate patients forced to handle own excrement
Newly released reports from the Illinois Department of Human Services’ watchdog office reveal shocking instances of cruelty, abuse and poor ...
Watchdog seeks harsher penalties in wake of abuse at Choate
The watchdog for the Illinois Department of Human Services is seeking harsher penalties against health care workers who obstruct abuse ...
Chilling audio provides glimpse into abuse at state-run facility
The disturbing 911 call began with sounds of a struggle, then a voice that sounded like a child’s cried out, ...
Pritzker calls for changes after “awful” reports of abuse at developmental center
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker called patient abuses at the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in rural Anna “awful” and ...
At a remote mental health facility, a culture of cruelty persists despite decades of warnings
Over a year ago, the security chief at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in southern Illinois sent an email ...
A disabled young patient was sent to get treatment. He was abused instead. And he wasn’t the last.
A 24-year-old with developmental disabilities was brutally beaten by his caretakers inside a state-run facility with a long history of ...
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