Subject: Denton State School

• Rampant Abuse and Neglect Uncovered in Texas' Facilities for Disabled

  April 16, 2008

• If You Thought Things Were Bad at State Schools, It's Probably Worse

  August 12, 2008

• Home, Almost Alone

  October 2, 2008

• A Crusader for the Mentally Disabled Has Mixed Feelings Over DOJ Report

  Mark Graham Haseeb Chishty On Tuesday night, Farhat Chishty got the news: The U.S. Department of Justice, after months of investigating, had completed a scathing report on the Texas State Schools for the disabled and was threatening to sue the state for violating residents' constitutional rights. Chishty, whose crusade to improve conditions after her son Haseeb's brutal beating at the hands of a Denton State School staffer was chronicled in the paper version of Unfair Park in July, sat down at

  December 4, 2008

• Removal from Denton State School Becomes a Hollow Victory

  Getting her son out of state care was only the beginning of one mother's troubles

  October 30, 2008

• Accentuate the Positive|Cesar Who?

  August 7, 2008

• The Caretaker

  One mother's crusade to better the life of her mentally retarded son and the system that failed him

  July 31, 2008

• This Land Is My Land

  Murdine "Baby Ruth" Berry won her fight to save the family farm passed down by former slaves, but her battle--real or imagined--isn't over

  January 17, 2002

• After Years of Trying, Mother Can Sue State Over Son's Abuse at Denton State School

  Mark GrahamBefore Haseeb Chishty was released from the Denton State School last year, his mother Farhat visited him nearly every day.Last year, Jesse Hyde wrote several stories for the Dallas Observer and Unfair Park about Farhat Chishty's quest for justice for her son Haseeb, who, till last fall, had been one of 630 residents at Denton State School -- where, in 2002, Haseeb was savagely beaten by a caregiver who later admitted to being in a drug-fueled rage. (He was sentenced to 15 years in pri

  May 28, 2009