A security camera caught an employee beating a patient. It took 11 days for anyone to take action.
Cameras were installed at southern Illinois facility in light of reports of abuse, cover-ups
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Cameras were installed at southern Illinois facility in light of reports of abuse, cover-ups
After our investigation revealed patient abuse at Illinois' Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center, the facility installed cameras to help. But the
Cameras in the common areas of Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center were supposed to make the troubled southern Illinois facility safer for the approximately 200 people with developmental disabilities
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