At a remote mental health facility, a culture of cruelty persists despite decades of warnings

  This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Lee Enterprises, along with Capitol News Illinois.  Over a year ago, the security chief at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in southern Illinois sent an email to the head of the state agency that operates the facility, warning her of dangerous … Continue reading At a remote mental health facility, a culture of cruelty persists despite decades of warnings