Advocates Fight to Close Texas Mental Institutions
DENTON, TEXAS
Advocates are looking to close 13 Texas hospitals that have improperly cared for mentally disabled patients. The state of Texas has more mentally disabled patients in institutions than any other state. Activists campaigning against the “state schools” want to move patients from the institutions into group homes.
The institutions have attracted negative publicity in recent years due to patients dying from preventable conditions. The Justice Department recently accused Texas of violating residents’ constitutional rights to proper care.
According to The Associated Press, some patients have been neglected, beaten, sexually abused or even killed by caretakers.
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