Equip for Equality

Beleaguered Howe Developmental Center Remains Open Despite Additional Deaths and Ongoing Violations of Human Rights

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Life and Death in State-Operated Developmental Disability Institutions

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Keeping Patients with Mental Illness Safe: Chicago Area Hospitals’ Compliance with Restraint and Seclusion Laws

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Ensuring the Safety of Children and Adults with Disabilities: Filling the Gaps in Illinois' System that Investigates Allegations of Abuse and Neglect

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Handbook: Reporting and Investigating Abuse and Neglect in Illinois

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Clyde Choate Developmental Center:

A Second Call for Closure

Clyde Choate Developmental Center:

How an archaic system results in tragic consequences for people with disabilities

These Are God's People Too: A For Profit Social Service Agency

Egregious Abuse and Neglect results from Agency's Ongoing Failures

These Are God's People Too: A For Profit Social Service Agency

Why Does An Agency That Profited From Exploiting Persons With Disabilities Remain Taxpayer Funded?

Lincoln Developmental Center

The Politics of Closing a State Institution: Vulnerable People Fall Victim to Special Interests