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In the 1950s, journalist Jack Mabley ran a series of columns exposing the conditions at Dixon State School. His reporting was part of the reason why the hospital was closed. In 1983, the grounds were repurposed for a state prison, Dixon
Correctional Center. In 1987, Mabley Developmental Center, named
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Department of Public Welfare assumed responsibility for the colony and retained control until the creation of the Department of Mental Health in 1961 (L. 1961, p. 2666), which was called the Dixon State School at the time. In 1921, the duties of the institution expanded to include
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to alleviate overcrowding there. To reflect this change, the colony was renamed Dixon State
Hospital and later Dixon State School. In 1927, the state opened a school for practical nursing at the institution. In 1975, the General Assembly changed its name to the
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The Mabley
Developmental Center focuses exclusively on the developmentally disabled. At the end of fiscal year 2009, Mabley had 136.4 employees and an annual appropriation of $ 10,584,400.
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care for the developmentally delayed, and 158 clients were transferred from the
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