13 Deaths Blamed on Abuse and Neglect

The Sonoma Developmental Center has been the focus of a series of patient abuse scandals over the years. Credit: Monica Lam for CIR

Abuse, neglect and lack of supervision at California’s state-run homes for the developmentally disabled have directly caused the deaths of 13 people since 2002, newly released records from the state Department of Public Health show.

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