Camera caught worker at Illinois state facility for developmentally disabled beating a patient
Though the worker has since resigned and been indicted, the employee continued to work on the same unit for 11 days without restriction.
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Though the worker has since resigned and been indicted, the employee continued to work on the same unit for 11 days without restriction.
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
Camera catches further alleged abuse by staff at Choate
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