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Sexual Harassment Scandal Rocks Connecticut DOC

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2003 published in Prison Legal News August, 2003, page 8
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Staff-Staff Harassment, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Employee Litigation. Location: Connecticut.
by Matthew T. Clarke


The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) has been rocked by allegations of sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and illegal sex between guards and prisoners. The scandal began on August 8, 2002, when 15 female guards filed two separate federal class-action civil rights lawsuits against former DOC Commissioner ...

 

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