Private facilities are not held accountable
Source: By Carolyn Tuft and Joe Mahr, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH (MO), Monday, Jun. 12 2006
…… Advocates for the disabled often focus on the mistreatment uncovered in state-run institutions. But it is in private industry - particularly in the housing and care of mentally retarded people - that most complaints and investigations occur, where most injuries are logged, and where most deaths have been blamed on poor care - 14 of the 21 deaths of full-time residents. A Post-Dispatch investigation has found that Missouri's system to catch abuse and neglect at private facilities for mentally retarded residents is in some key ways worse than the state's often criticized practices in policing its own institutions.
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