Geraldo Rivera's 1972 expose of Willowbrook State School

Pennhurst was not unique. The conditions in which institutionalized people were forced to live were the same state to state, and institution to institution. In 1972 a young Geraldo Rivera exposed conditions at Staten Island's Willowbrook Hospital to a shocked American public.
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Dawn 07/02/2025
Its ashamed that murders in prisons get treated and taken care of better than these poor souls that couldnt defend themselves and didnt ask to be in this world.Seeing and reading about places like this makes me sick to my stomach that a human being could treat these poor souls like this.
Ian GALLOWAY07/19/2024
I was at Middletown and mid hudson state hospitols from 9/68 to 6/71 at age 17 exsample locked in room,no clothes,bed,water,or toilet ! we were beaten, kicked, if you said anything it got worse!
John Ryan, PES01/11/2023
Where can I watch the entire documentary please?
Christina Nelson11/06/2022
For those of you in the comments asking what happened to the people after Im here to tell you. I work as a DSP in a group home taking care of people with disabilities. We have 3 people in our facility that were saved from Willowbrook. All the people are safe and were relocated to group homes .
Paula Gomez12/26/2021
What happened to the after care of the disabled