Choate Mental Health and Rehabilitation Center

A Capitol News Illinois investigation this week uncovered an instance of abuse earlier this year that was caught on camera.

Southern Illinois Republicans are calling for public hearings and more

A new state watchdog report calls for a “fundamental overhaul” at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center. But the state kept on administrators who were in charge during some of the facility’s most troubled years.

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 legislation, spurred by a news investigation, allows workers to be barred from health care jobs for obstructing investigations into staff misconduct

Individuals with substantiated complaints would be barred from employment in health care

Pritzker says cultural issues at facility are ‘something that you can’t snap your fingers and fix’

The governor's partial closure of the facility will require up to 123 residents to relocate.

The southern Illinois Republican says he's glad to see some accountability in the new plan

Officials acknowledged that news reporting had put a spotlight on conditions at facility plagued by abuse, cover-ups