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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Ongoing investigation shows nearly two dozen patients charged with crimes at state-run facility
Lutrice Williams was 23 and in crisis when she arrived at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in rural southern ...
Report Finds ‘code of silence’ at mental health facility where staff abused and neglected patients
Several employees at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center attempted to cover up a brutal assault on a patient, according ...
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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