Mobile County Sheriff’s office didn’t take sex harassment complaints seriously: Federal suit
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
Female Mobile County corrections officers were constantly sexually harassed on the job by male inmates while higher-ups in the sheriff’s office did not take the complaints seriously enough, according to a federal sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Twelve female corrections officers working for the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office filed sex discrimination charges with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC investigated the allegations and found there was sufficient basis to believe the women were subjected to a sexually hostile work environment, forwarding the findings to the Justice Department.