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Abuse
A Post-Dispatch investigation has found abuse and neglect of mentally retarded and mentally ill residents in state centers and in private facilities the state supervises. Since 2000, there have been more than 2,000 confirmed cases of abuse and neglect with 665 injuries and 21 deaths.
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Day 1 -- 21 dead, hundreds injured
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Day 2 -- Police don't get involved
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Day 3 -- Private homes lack oversight
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Day 4 -- Little training, low pay
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