Episode 29

Willowbrook State School

Willowbrook State School was a state-supported institution for children with intellectual disability located in the Willowbrook neighborhood on Staten Island in New York City from 1947 until 1987. The school was designed for 4,000, but by 1965 it had a population of 6,000. The institute utilized the children by injection of hepatitis to test and study the disease. Instagram: https://instagram.com/outoftheblank_podcast?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=1vgq05mpscaiv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Out-Of-The-Blank-Podcast-1854335671358704/