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UK Whistle Blowing Prison Guard Awarded £477,000

Loaded on Oct. 15, 2005

Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation against Staff, Whistleblowing. Location: United Kingdom.

UK Whistle Blowing Prison Guard Awarded £477,000

A Leeds, United Kingdom employment tribunal awarded a former West
Yorkshire prison guard £477,000 and £90,000 in costs for constructive
termination after she reported bullying and intimidation of prisoners at
Wakefield Prison.

Carol Lingard reported a guard who she claimed had warned a ...

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