Problems With Abuse, Neglect & Cover-Ups At Choate Extend To Other Developmental Centers In Illinois

By Molly Parker, Lee Enterprises Midwest, and Beth Hundsdorfer, Capitol News Illinois

This year, Illinois officials announced what seemed like a solution to the outcry over abuse and cover-ups at a state-run developmental center: Downsize the facility and move about half the residents elsewhere. Some of the roughly 120 relocated residents of the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center would receive care in community settings. Others are expected to end up in one of the six developmental centers located in other parts of the state.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois Department of Human Services Secretary Grace Hou . . .