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WA Guard Discrimination Suit Settled for $250,000

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2000 published in Prison Legal News August, 2000, page 15
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Settlements, Employee Litigation. Location: Washington.
In the May, 1999, issue of PLN we reported the widespread racism among white prison employees in the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) and the resulting hostile work environment it created for minority employees as well as prisoners.

In July, 1998, black Clallam Bay Corrections Center guards Doris Washington, Charles …

 

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