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Watchdog report echoes reporting published earlier this year that revealed a culture of cover-ups
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Watchdog report echoes reporting published earlier this year that revealed a culture of cover-ups
This article was produced for ProPublica's Local Reporting Network in partnership with Lee Enterprises, along with Capitol News Illinois. ANNA, Ill. (...
By Beth Hundsdorfer, Capitol News Illinois
Consequences are few as reports of heinous abuse continue at Choate facility in Anna.
The 24-year-old with developmental disabilities was brutally beaten by his caretakers inside an Illinois-run facility with a long history of patient abuse.