There is nothing more impactful – or heartbreaking – than reading the original Staten Island Advance reporting, which first brought average Staten Islanders inside the institution. We are ...

The birth of the “Snake Pit” Mentally handicapped patients sleep in chairs at Willowbrook State School, Staten Island ... conducted an investigation inside Willowbrook to determine living ...

In the upcoming short narrative " ," a young pediatrician arrives at the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island in 1964 to begin his residency. He finds that the institution is taking part in a ...

An idyllic-looking postcard from the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island ... and parents were not allowed inside much of the facilities apart from the official room where they would visit ...

Along with a camera crew, he filmed the gruesome inside ... of Staten Island. They are surrounded by a memorial walking trail named the Willowbrook Mile, put in place by the school and the Office ...

Staten Island Advance/Tony Caran In the 1970s, young reporter Geraldo Rivera, looking to make his bones as an investigative journalist, took cameras inside the Willowbrook State School on Staten ...

In 1972, ABC aired an exposé on the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island ... reporter named Geraldo Rivera took a camera crew inside the institution, and gave the country a firsthand ...

WILLOWBROOK, Staten Island (WABC ... Fifty years ago, the world got a glimpse inside the walls of an institution that was called a school. It was anything but that. Children and adults with ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) –More than 50 years ago, the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island was exposed for its horrific treatment of those with developmental disabilities. The documentary ...

Fifty years ago this month, the legacy of Willowbrook State School sparked ... of children and adults who lived at the state school on Staten Island. Outraged parents became activists determined ...