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Tag: Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center

Watchdog seeks harsher penalties in wake of abuse at Illinois mental health center

Watchdog seeks harsher penalties in wake of abuse at Illinois mental health center

— January 22, 2023

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Lee Enterprises, along with Capitol News Illinois. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like…

  • Ongoing investigation shows nearly two dozen patients charged with crimes at state-run facility

    Ongoing investigation shows nearly two dozen patients charged with crimes at state-run facility

    — January 2, 2023

    This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Lee Enterprises, along with Capitol News Illinois. On a chilly November morning in 2019, Lutrice…

  • Chilling audio provides rare glimpse into abuse at troubled Illinois residential facility

    Chilling audio provides rare glimpse into abuse at troubled Illinois residential facility

    — October 12, 2022

      ANNA, Ill. — The disturbing 911 call began with sounds of a struggle, then a voice that sounded like a child’s cried out, “Let me go.” When the police dispatcher in the…

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

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

    — September 8, 2022

      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…

  • Man accused of abusing developmentally disabled woman

    Man accused of abusing developmentally disabled woman

    — March 15, 2022

    SPRINGFIELD – A state employee charged last month with molesting a child now faces a charge of aggravated criminal sexual assault of a patient at the state-run Choate Mental Health…

  • Report finds ‘code of silence’ at mental health facility where staff abused and neglected patients

    Report finds ‘code of silence’ at mental health facility where staff abused and neglected patients

    — November 14, 2022

    This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Lee Enterprises, along with Capitol News Illinois. Several employees at Choate Mental Health…

  • Pritzker calls for changes after “awful” reports of abuse at developmental center

    Pritzker calls for changes after “awful” reports of abuse at developmental center

    — September 9, 2022

    This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Lee Enterprises, along with Capitol News Illinois. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker called patient…

  • A disabled young patient was sent to get treatment. He was abused instead. And he wasn’t the last.

    A disabled young patient was sent to get treatment. He was abused instead. And he wasn’t the last.

    — September 7, 2022

    This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois and Lee Enterprises. As Blaine Reichard rose from a breakfast table at…

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