Problems of abuse and cover-ups continue at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in southern Illinois. 

A recent published report by ProPublica revealed workers broke a patients arm and then bragged about getting away with it by offering up few details about the incident and blaming patients for their injuries. Governor JB Pritzker has been critical of the problems at the state run facility in Anna, but has stopped short of asking for it to be closed immediately.

A spokeswoman for DHS says Choate has “longstanding, entrenched issues” and the department has taken “aggressive measures to address them”.