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Anna State Hospital

Coordinates: 37°28′38″N 89°14′31″W / 37.47722°N 89.24194°W / 37.47722; -89.24194
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Anna State Hospital
Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center
Map
Geography
LocationAnna, Illinois, United States
Coordinates37°28′38″N 89°14′31″W / 37.47722°N 89.24194°W / 37.47722; -89.24194
Organization
Care systemPublic
Services
Beds270[1][2]
History
Opened1869
Links
Websitedhs.state.il.us
ListsHospitals in Illinois

Anna State Hospital, contemporarily known as Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center, is a public psychiatric hospital in Anna, Illinois, established in 1869.[3][1] The original hospital was constructed under the Kirkbride Plan.[4]

Choate has been accused of patient abuse and neglect since the late 1990s,[5] and faced scrutiny by local media and public officials in 2022 following detailed accounts of violence against patients and lying to state investigators. Though in the past 3 years out of 1,500 abuse allegations made only 3 percent of them were deemed true .[6][2][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Choate Developmental Center Profile". Illinois Department of Human Services. Archived from the original on 2022-10-10. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  2. ^ a b Parker, Molly; Hundsdorfer, Beth (2 September 2022). "A Disabled Young Patient Was Sent to Get Treatment. He Was Abused Instead. And He Wasn't the Last". ProPublica. Archived from the original on 2022-10-10. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  3. ^ "Anna State Hospital". Kirkbride Buildings. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  4. ^ Yanni 2007, p. 165.
  5. ^ Parker, Molly; Hundsdorfer, Beth (2 September 2022). "At a Remote Mental Health Facility, a Culture of Cruelty Persists Despite Decades of Warnings". ProPublica. Archived from the original on 2022-10-10. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  6. ^ Parker, Molly; Hundsdorfer, Beth (10 October 2022). "Chilling Audio Provides Rare Glimpse Into Abuse at Troubled Illinois Residential Facility". ProPublica. Archived from the original on 2022-10-10. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  7. ^ Hundsdorfer, Beth; Parker, Molly (11 November 2022). "Report Finds "Code of Silence" at Mental Health Facility Where Staff Abused and Neglected Patients". ProPublica. Archived from the original on 2022-11-11. Retrieved 2022-11-11.

Further reading

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  • Yanni, Carla (2007). The Architecture of Madness: Insane Asylums in the United States. Minnesota University Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-4940-2.