About one-fourth of the more than 800 employees suspended or fired for mistreating residents at Texas' 13 large facilities for the mentally and developmentally disabled worked at two state schools targeted by federal investigators, state records show.
The Lubbock and Denton schools have been under investigation by the civil rights department at the U.S. Department of Justice. At least 208 employees at those facilities have been fired or suspended since fiscal year 2004 for mistreating patients, according to an analysis of state records.
Government records also show that nearly 58 percent of the 822 firings or suspensions since fiscal year 2004 for the abuse, neglect or exploitation of residents came from four of the 13 state schools: Lubbock, Denton, San Angelo and Mexia.
