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Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center<\/span><\/h1><\/span>
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Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center<\/h3>\n
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Illinois Governor Calls for Changes After \u201cAwful\u201d Reports of Abuse at Developmental Center<\/td>\n 2022-09-06<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Culture of cover-ups at facility led to investigative dead-end<\/td>\n 2022-10-10<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Health Care Worker Registry - Allen<\/td>\n 1905-07-14<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n Random<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
At a Remote Mental Health Facility, a Culture of Cruelty Persists Despite Decades of Warnings<\/td>\n 2022-09-02<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Chilling Audio Provides Rare Glimpse Into Abuse at Troubled Illinois Residential Facility<\/td>\n 2022-10-10<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
A Disabled Young Patient Was Sent to Get Treatment. He Was Abused Instead. And He Wasn\u2019t the Last.<\/td>\n 2022-09-02<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Abuse and arrests linked to Southern IL Mental Health Center<\/td>\n 2022-09-12<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Investigations at Choate Mental Health Developmental Center lead to five arrests<\/td>\n 2020-10-14<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Administrator of Illinois-run developmentally disabled center accused of obstruction<\/td>\n 2022-03-09<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Criminal case against senior staff at state-run hospital dismissed<\/td>\n 2022-05-20<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Man accused of sexual misconduct with patient at state-run facility charged with child molestation in unrelated case<\/td>\n 2022-03-10<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Choate Mental Health top administrators facing misconduct charges reassigned<\/td>\n 2021-07-09<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Culture of cruelty persists at state-run mental health facility despite decades of warnings<\/td>\n 2022-09-03<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Chilling audio provides glimpse into abuse at state-run facility<\/td>\n 2022-10-10<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Bryant: Indicted Choate Administrators Should Be On Leave<\/td>\n 2021-07-01<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Pritzker calls for changes after \u201cawful\u201d reports of abuse at developmental center<\/td>\n 2022-09-07<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Investigative journalists detail their reporting on abuse at Choate<\/td>\n 2022-09-08<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n Media<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Inspector General\u2019s report finds widespread abuse, cover-ups at Illinois-run facility<\/td>\n 2022-11-11<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Office of Inspector General Redacted Investigative Report<\/td>\n 2022-09-06<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n DHS Records<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Report Finds \u201cCode of Silence\u201d at Mental Health Facility Where Staff Abused and Neglected Patients<\/td>\n 2022-11-11<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
New Report Says Nurses at Illinois Facility Forced Patients to Dig Through Their Own Feces<\/td>\n 2023-02-10<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Patients Went to This Isolated Facility for Treatment. Instead, Nearly Two Dozen Were Charged With Crimes.<\/td>\n 2022-12-20<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Watchdog Seeks Harsher Penalties in Wake of Abuse at Illinois Mental Health Center<\/td>\n 2023-01-19<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Nurses at Illinois facility forced patients to dig through their own feces, new report says<\/td>\n 2023-02-10<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Legislators Demand Hearings on Illinois Mental Health Facility Where Staff Abused Patients and Covered It Up<\/td>\n 2023-02-23<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
After patient abuse investigation at state-run Choate center, stiffer possible penalties for health care workers who cover up<\/td>\n 2023-06-15<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Watchdog finds workers at downstate mental health center covered up abuse allegations<\/td>\n 2023-06-09<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Senator Fine demands accountability from state-operated mental health facilities facing allegations of resident abuse or neglect<\/td>\n 2023-03-31<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Senate advances bill to log abuse cover-ups in state health care registry<\/td>\n 2023-03-29<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
PRITZKER SIGNS CHOATE INSPIRED ABUSE LEGISTLATION<\/td>\n 2023-06-13<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
See full coverage of abuse, cover-ups at Choate<\/td>\n 2023-03-08<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Choate Mental Health Center to be repurposed, residents may transition to other state centers<\/td>\n 2023-03-08<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Choate Mental Health Center to be repurposed in Governor's new plan<\/td>\n 2023-03-08<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Local lawmaker expresses frustration with decision to move 123 people out of Choate Developmental Center<\/td>\n 2023-03-08<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Illinois relocating half of patients from abuse-plagued mental health facility<\/td>\n 2023-03-08<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n News<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody> \n\n \n \n