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Dying the Darkness

Number 19073
Subject Health Care
Source Atlanta Journal-Constitution
State Georgia
Year 2001
Publication Date Dec. 2, 2001
Summary The Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigates privately managed group homes in Georgia where thousands of people with mental retardation are housed instead of state-run institutions. The AJC found that at least 163 have died under the state's watch in the last four years.
Category General
Pages 13
Keywords mental retardation;group homes;Georgia
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