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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.

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

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

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

Watchdog report echoes reporting published earlier this year that revealed a culture of cover-ups

No one was charged when staff were caught on a 911 tape threatening violence against resident who has developmental disabilities

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Capitol News Illinois Reporter Beth Hundsdorfer and Lee Enterprises Midwest Reporter Molly Parker about their work for ProPublica uncovering years of mistreatment at the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center

Governor resists, but does not rule out, calls to close Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center after investigation