Illinois’ child welfare agency failed to produce critical reports after child deaths
In many cases, children die, but the Department of Children and Family Services does not produce a required report that ...
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Coroner’s affidavit shows as many as 800 human remains could have been misidentified
As many as 800 families across the country who patronized a Carlinville funeral home may never know if the remains ...
Most Illinois jails restrain people in chairs. This county ‘violently shocked’ them, too.
A few years ago, Coles County Jail promised to stop using electrified “stun cuffs” to shock people restrained in chairs. ...
Bodycam video shows Sonya Massey’s last minutes, deputy’s coarse description
Sangamon County deputy Sean Grayson has been charged with first-degree murder
The U.N. calls restraint chairs torture. Illinois jails use them every day.
The Illinois Answers Project found jail staff are restraining people in chairs in ways that often violate policies and last ...
Another Choate Mental Health Center employee indicted for abuse of resident
Another caregiver at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna is facing charges for abusing a patient.
As vacated Centralia funeral home prepares for new tenant, owner makes a startling find
Former funeral director surrendered his license after state regulators found deplorable conditions
Funeral home director subject to ‘scary, filthy freak show’ complaint surrenders license
A Centralia funeral home director who was subject to a complaint that his embalming room looked like a “scary, filthy ...
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 ...
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 ...
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