“Willowbrook Investigation”

In November 1971, a local newspaper, The Staten Island Advance, published a series of articles detailing the horrible conditions at Willowbrook State School, a state-supported institution for people with mental retardation, located on Staten Island in New York City. Following these articles, in 1972, WABC-TV in New York sent rookie reporter Geraldo Rivera to Staten Island to infiltrate the Willowbrook State School. Rivera gained entry using a stolen key and documented the brutal and horrific living conditions of its residents, of its disabled residents, which included several mentally retarded children. The report led to an immediate government inquiry and won Geraldo the Peabody Award, an Emmy award and led to widespread reforms in the treatment of people with disabilities.

Documentary under Geraldo’s video vault- “Willowbrook Investigation”
http://www.foxnews.com/geraldo/