Patients Went to This Isolated State-Run Facility for Treatment. Instead, Nearly Two Dozen Were Charged With Crimes. – ProPublica

The charges against patients at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center contrast sharply with the way the facility and police agencies have handled employees who are accused of mistreating and abusing patients. In some of those cases, staff who faced serious abuse allegations experienced few consequences because colleagues refused to cooperate in investigations — or actively worked to derail them.

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Bill
3 years ago

This is a joke, right?

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