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

Weeks later, he files a federal lawsuit to prevent cuts at the state-run facility.

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* ICYMI: Abuse was caught on camera at Choate Developmental Center. The prosecutor offered plea deals. Capitol News Illinois… Union County prosecutor Tyler Tripp agreed to reduce felony aggravated battery charges to misdemeanors in abuse cases against Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center workers caught on tape abusing patients. Three days after one of those [...]

Abuse was caught on camera at Choate Developmental Center. The prosecutor offered plea deals – Capitol News IL

Union County State’s Attorney Tyler Tripp cut a deal with a worker caught on tape beating a resident who had developmental disabilities, allowing the worker to walk free — seven weeks before he filed a federal lawsuit to stop the removal of people with developmental disabilities from a state-operated facility. No one reported the assault for days — evidence of a continued code of silence at Choate.

Abuse was caught on camera at Choate Developmental Center. The prosecutor offered plea deals | Illinois State Bar Association

Abuse was caught on camera at Choate Developmental Center. The prosecutor offered plea dealsUnion County State’s Attorney Tyler Tripp cut a deal with a worker caught on tape beating a resident, allowing the worker to walk free — seven weeks before he filed a federal lawsuit to stop the removal of people with developmental disabilities from a state-operated facility in southern Illinois. Source: Capitol News Illinois