The Sunland Hospital System

In this episode of Unsealed, Joel Chandler exposes the dark history of Florida’s Sunland Hospital System. Originally designed to provide care for individuals with developmental disabilities, Sunland became synonymous with abuse, neglect, and systemic failure. Joel traces how these state-run institutions, hidden behind bureaucratic walls, became places of suffering rather than healing.

Through public records, investigations, and survivor accounts, this episode uncovers how Florida leaders ignored warning signs, allowed decades of mistreatment, and left families and patients without answers. The story of Sunland is more than history—it’s a warning about what happens when government secrecy replaces accountability.