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California Pays $1.1 Million in Prison Sexual Harassment Suits
Loaded on May 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2003, page 20
In August 2002, California prison officials agreed to pay a settlement of $400,000 to former guard Terri Sanchez in the latest in a series of suits for aggravated sexual harassment filed by female guards at the California Correctional Center in Susanville. The total amount of settlements and awards over the …
Filed under:
Gender Discrimination -- Women,
Retaliation,
Retaliation against Staff,
Settlements,
Employee Litigation,
Guard Unions.
Location:
California.
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