choate mental health

Security camera catches employee beating a patient at the Choate Mental Health facility; after lengthy review, employee faces charges

May 22, 2024 | By BETH HUNSDORFER, CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois. ANNA, Ill. — Cameras in the common areas of Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center were supposed to make the troubled southern Illinois facility safer for the approximately 200 people with developmental disabilities who live there. But in mid-February, a camera…