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Former Oregon Prison Guard, Accused of Contraband Smuggling and Sexual Misconduct, Files Suit Alleging Racism
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2010
by Mark Wilson
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2010, page 36
An ex-Oregon prison guard who resigned in 2007 was hired the following year as a “security technician” at the Oregon State Hospital (OSH). He was fired one month later after being accused of engaging in oral sex with a male co-worker in an OSH vehicle, at a cemetery, while on ...
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Guard Misconduct,
Racial Discrimination,
Employee Litigation.
Location:
Oregon.
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