Justice sues Mobile County sheriff over sexual harassment
March 10, 2021
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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) The Justice Department sued the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday over claims it ignored claims of female jailers who say they are being sexually harassed by male prisoners.
The sex discrimination federal lawsuit, filed in Mobile, said female jail workers are regularly subjected to lewd comments, threats of sexual violence and male prisoners who expose themselves.
A dozen female jailers filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the complaint said, but Sheriff Sam Cochran and others failed to take the complaints seriously or act to stop the problem.
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