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BOP Pays 7,500 Settlement at Retaliation Claim

Loaded on Feb. 22, 2017

Filed under: Retaliation, Whistleblowing. Location: United States of America.

The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $7,500 and agreed to not report the suspension of a guard who alleged reprisal in a discrimination complaint.

Lt. Norma Jean Vasquez alleged she was subject to retaliation for her previous participation in an “OIA investigation” as the main whistleblower on Lt. Moore “for ...

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