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Prisoners Retain Right of Bodily Privacy
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1993
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1993, page 13
Male Georgia state prisoners filed suit concerning the assignment of female prison guards to prison living units. The prisoners claim that the female guards act unprofessionally when they view male prisoners in their undershorts, showering and using the toilet. They claim that the female guards flirt, seduce, solicit and arouse …
Filed under:
Sexual Harassment,
Staff-Prisoner Harassment,
Gender Discrimination -- Men,
Disciplinary Litigation,
Damages,
Consent Decrees,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Georgia.
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