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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1972, 29-year-old journalist Geraldo Rivera filmed an expose revealing the atrocities inside Willowbrook School, a state-supported institution on Staten Island for people with intellectual and ...

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 ...

A documentary reflecting on the closure and legacy of Willowbrook State School. The New York State ... ordinary people to see what was going on inside these brick buildings.