Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center

Southern IL (area)

Abuse was caught on camera at Choate Developmental Center. The prosecutor offered plea deals

Beth Hundsdorfer

Weeks later, he files a federal lawsuit to prevent cuts at the state-run facility
Southern IL (area)

Choate workers’ union files lawsuit to block state from gutting mental health facility

Molly Parker

This is the second lawsuit filed since the state announced downsizing plans in July
Government & Politics

State to lay off hundreds at troubled southern Illinois mental health facility

Jackson Brandhorst

Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center to reduce patient population, staff amid operational changes