Sue Beecher - "Mandated to Close"

“I came back on Monday and one of the clients had a broken limb and nobody knew how it had occurred,” explains Sue Beecher of a visit to Muscatatuck State Developmental Center. In 1998, Sue was working for Indiana Protection & Advocacy and was assigned to monitor Muscatatuck. She witnessed the care…

Title

Sue Beecher - "Mandated to Close"

Subject

Deinstitutionalization
Institutions

Description

“I came back on Monday and one of the clients had a broken limb and nobody knew how it had occurred,” explains Sue Beecher of a visit to Muscatatuck State Developmental Center. In 1998, Sue was working for Indiana Protection & Advocacy and was assigned to monitor Muscatatuck. She witnessed the care for residents became progressively worse. In a 2013 interview, she shares multiple stories of abuse and neglect she found during her visits to the institution. The Center located in Butlerville, Indiana closed in 2005.

Creator

Indiana Disability History Project

Date

2017-07-13

Contributor

Sue Beecher - Interviewee
Jennie Todd - Interviewer
Peggy Holtz - Videographer/Editor

Rights

Copyright © 2017 The Trustees of Indiana University

Format

video/mp4

Language

English

Type

Moving Image

Identifier

007-mi-02

Access Rights

Open to all users

Is Part Of

007-mi

Bibliographic Citation

"Sue Beecher - 'Mandated to Close'" YouTube video, 00:05:54, interview excerpt 007-mi-02 by the Indiana Disability History Project, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on July 13, 2017, https://youtu.be/QYzJ6GctPck.

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