The nurse who blew the whistle on their alleged failure to follow the law after a pepper-spray incident says she was pressured by Riverview superintendent Jay Harper to not turn in her colleagues.

A watchdog agency will examine policies, incident reporting and workplace culture at the state hospital, where employees have reported abuse and neglect of patients.

The Government Oversight Committee will meet Wednesday to decide on an in-depth investigation.

A Telegram investigation of the Augusta facility unearths troubling evidence of a culture of abuse and a staff ill-equipped to cope with the mentally ill.