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Washington DOC Personnel In-Fighting Results in $230,000 Settlement
Loaded on May 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2000, page 13
An acrimonious inter-employee dis-pute among staff of Washington's Department of Corrections was settled in January, 2002 by the state paying three Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) employees $230,000 and gaining both their resignations as well as promises never again to work for Washington DOC.
Filed under:
Sexual Harassment,
Staff-Staff Harassment,
Racial Discrimination,
Employee Litigation.
Location:
Washington.
When John Schildt sued Washington DOC and …
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