Drinks and interruptions: Pritzker, Bailey meet in only governor debate of election cycle
The candidates focused mostly on Pritzker’s governing record.
Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center
Abuse was caught on camera at Choate Developmental Center. The prosecutor offered plea deals
Union County’s top prosecutor has filed suit opposing the closing of Choate.
Choate workers’ union files lawsuit to block state from gutting mental health facility
Southern Illinois union and political leaders have now filed two lawsuits against Illinois and Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration in their ...
Employees, local lawmakers rally against layoffs, service cuts at Choate
The downsizing is part of a three-year plan announced by the Department of Human Services.
State to lay off hundreds at troubled southern Illinois mental health facility
The troubled facility in southern Illinois is giving way to a need for more mental health beds in Chicago, state ...
Federal DOJ launches probe into Illinois’ treatment of people with disabilities
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Illinois' treatment of people with disabilities, focusing on state-run institutions like Choate.
Watchdog overseeing abuse, neglect cases at state-run facilities resigns for Chicago post
After serving nearly four years as the watchdog for the Illinois Department of Human Services, Peter Neumer will step down ...
State leaves 3 administrators in charge at Choate despite troubled history of resident care
A new state watchdog report calls for a “fundamental overhaul” at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center. But the state ...
Problems with abuse, neglect and cover-ups at Choate extend to other developmental centers in Illinois
Prompted by an outcry over abuse, Illinois proposed moving residents from Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center to similar facilities ...
Health care workers who cover up patient abuse face stiffer penalties under new law
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law on Friday that strengthens the range of penalties that a state watchdog ...
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