Choate Mental Health and Rehabilitation Center

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

Ongoing investigations of state-run facility have revealed culture of abuse and cover-ups

Multiple news investigations have found numerous instances of abuse and improper care of mentally ill and developmentally disabled patients at the facility.

Document trove confirms ongoing reporting of abuse at state-run facility, staff’s ‘sense of impunity’

Inspector general wants authority to add health care workers fired for misconduct to state registry

For years, residents at the Illinois facility received scant treatment for their developmental disabilities and mental illnesses, then faced felonies for lashing out at staff.