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Institution News Watch

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Florida Made It Easier to Involuntarily Commit People. A New Lawsuit Says It’s Violating the Law.

Julia Métraux

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After Institutions for People With Disabilities Close, Graves Are at Risk of Being Forgotten.

Tony Leys

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Trump would like to bring back mental institutions, but experts are skeptical.

Katie Riddle

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The ‘really messy system’ that limits where millions of disabled people can vote.

Eric Garcia

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16,000 people with disabilities are in state-operated institutions. This is how experts say health care should change.

Michael Roppolo

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2024

Could the U.S. force treatment on mentally ill people (again)?

Greg Rosalsky

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No Place Like Home: People with Disabilities' Fight to Stay Out of Institutions

Taylor Mooney

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2024

Their disabled loved ones languished in state institutions. Now, they want the records.

Jennifer Moore

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In Crisis, She Went to an Illinois Facility. Two Years Later, She Still Isn’t Able to Leave.

Molly Parker & Beth Hundsdorfer

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2023

Institutions Often Treat Disability and Mental Health Not With Care But Violence

George Yancy

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2017

“Prisons Without Bars” – Forced Institutionalization of People with Disabilities

Jody Santos

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