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For years, residents at the Illinois facility received scant treatment for their developmental disabilities and mental illnesses, then faced felonies for lashing out at staff.
For years, residents at Choate received scant treatment for their developmental disabilities and mental illnesses, then faced felonies for lashing out at staff.
State-run facilities in Illinois are supposed to care for people with mental and developmental disabilities. But patients have been subjected to abuse, neglect and staff misconduct for decades, despite calls for change.
For years, residents at the Illinois facility received scant treatment for their developmental disabilities and mental illnesses, then faced felonies for lashing out at staff.
Some of state’s most vulnerable left facility as criminals after seeking treatment