| Anna State Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center | |
 | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Anna, Illinois, United States |
| Coordinates | 37°28′38″N 89°14′31″W / 37.47722°N 89.24194°W |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Public |
| Services | |
| Beds | 270[1][2] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1869 |
| Links | |
| Website | dhs.state.il.us |
| Lists | Hospitals 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]
- ^ a b "Choate Developmental Center Profile". Illinois Department of Human Services. Archived from the original on 2022-10-10. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Anna State Hospital". Kirkbride Buildings. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ^ Yanni 2007, p. 165.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.