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Prompted by an outcry over abuse, Illinois proposed moving residents from Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center to similar facilities in the state. New reporting shows the problems at Choate are common throughout the statewide system.
The state plans to move residents out of one troubled facility. But new reporting shows similar problems throughout Illinois’ seven care centers.
An inspector general's investigation into long-standing abuse and neglect of patients at the state's Choate Mental Healthy & Development Center sums up the challenge facing the administration of Gov. J.B.
Human services department director Grace Hou faces a big challenge in fixing an intolerable problem.
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