Willowbrook State School’s first decade of operation dealt ... Publicity from the federal case helped catalyze the passage of a federal law protecting the rights of those institutionalized ...

But normal persons aren’t rushing into Willowbrook State School to help and employees can’t. One case of a young man we’ll call Alan, who created problems for already overtaxed employees ...

She desires to leave Willowbrook State School and to live and obtain equal ... Willowbrook against his will (if Dr. Hammond took the case to court), Bruno said that he had consulted lawyers ...

It was dark -- around 6 a.m. -- when she arrived at her job as a nurse aide at the Staten Island Developmental Center on the grounds of the former Willowbrook State School. Workers heard the 46 ...

Hook-handed or ax-wielding, he was said to haunt the grounds of the abandoned Willowbrook State School for the mentally disabled, pouncing on the unwary and unprotected. Perched at the ...

Discover the shocking story of Willowbrook State School and Geraldo Rivera's exposé. Explore the dark history of Willowbrook State School and Geraldo Rivera's groundbreaking exposé. Learn about ...

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 fifty years ago, the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island was exposed for its horrific treatment of those with developmental disabilities by investigative ...