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Tag: Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center

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…

  • 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…

  • Worker at state-run center investigated for sexual abuse cases

    Worker at state-run center investigated for sexual abuse cases

    — March 13, 2022

    SPRINGFIELD – A man charged last month with molesting a child had been receiving a paycheck from the state for more than a year while on administrative leave during a multi-agency…

  • 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…

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