MORE ON: developmental center

Developmentally disabled patients at California’s board-and-care centers have accused caretakers of molestation and rape 36 times since 2009. + read more

The support network for the disabled is a wide one. Find out how to get involved and share your stories. + read more

UPDATE, Sept. 28, 2012: This story updates to include comment from the Department of Developmental Services. Gov. Jerry Brown signed two bills yesterday to require California’s developmental centers to alert outside police and a disability protection organization when patients die... + read more

SACRAMENTO – Investigations of patient abuse by in-house police at California’s institutions for the developmentally disabled have been unacceptably poor for years and must be fixed immediately, state officials and patient advocates agreed during a hearing today. At a hearing of... + read more

California lawmakers have asked for a state audit into police investigations of suspicious patient deaths and injuries at institutions for the developmentally disabled. In a letter to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, Sen. Joel Anderson, R-El Cajon, and Assemblyman Jim Beall, D-San Jose,... + read more

Dead at 50 with a severely broken neck, Van Ingraham’s injuries looked suspicious. But many deaths at California’s state-run institutions are not thoroughly investigated. + read more

After Van Ingraham was found with his neck broken at the Fairview Developmental Center, police at the state institution closed the case without answers. But the patient's heartbroken brother went after evidence that state investigators had missed. + read more