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Prison Guard wins $18,000 in Discrimination Suit Against DOC

Loaded on May 15, 2009

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Attorney Fee Awards, Civil Procedure, Damages, Appeals, Title VII, Employee Litigation. Location: Wisconsin.

An African-American prison guard at Wisconsin's Jackson Correctional Facility filed suit against the DOC and two prison officials under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The plaintiff, Sergeant Davis, had recently been demoted after a hearing regarding alleged sexual harassment, although Davis denied the harassment and contended ...

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