Wednesday 15th May 2024

A house at the Glenwood Resource Center has been closed and the head of the state agency that oversees the facility says other units are being consolidated, to better manage staffing levels. The facility that cares for patients with intellectual disabilities is Glenwood’s largest employer. Department of Human Resources director Kelly Garcia says 8 patients were in the housing unit that closed. Garcia says one transitioned to the community and the other seven were transferred to Woodward Resource Center, the other state-run facility that cares for patients with intellectual disabilities.

In December, U.S. Justice Department announced its investigation of Glenwood concluded the constitutional rights of patients had been violated by  their forced participation in deviant human experiments.