Still, the school remained open. NY State Court More room in prison During the College of Staten Island’s 21st annual Willowbrook memorial lecture in 2014, Diane Buglioli, a former Willowbrook ...

Together with former Staten Island Advance reporter Jane Kurtin, Aerts in 1971 walked through the doors of Willowbrook State School and photographed shocking images of children and adults with ...

These are just a few of the atrocities behind the furtive walls of the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island from the early 1950s until the late 1970s. Hepatitis was injected into patients and ...

An idyllic-looking postcard from the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island. Image from the New York Public Library via Wikimedia Commons It was Rivera’s report that forced the public to ...

award-winning journalist whose reporting helped lead to the closure of Willowbrook State School, speaks at the College of Staten Island on May 2. He is pictured with advocate Bernard Carabello.

Migdalia and thousands like her had grown up in the Willowbrook State School, a notorious institution on Staten Island. For decades, the state used the facility as a warehouse for children and ...

The former Willowbrook State School on Staten Island was once synonymous with patient abuse. The last patient moved out 40 years ago this year, and to mark that milestone, we're taking a look back ...

the 18 years he spent as a child and young adult at the infamous Willowbrook State School, a now-defunct Staten Island institution for people with disabilities that gained notoriety for its ...

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 ...