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CCA Agrees to Pay $1.3 Million to Settle Sexual Harassment, Retaliation Suit
Loaded on May 15, 2010
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2010, page 46
On October 1, 2009, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) entered into a consent decree with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to settle allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation involving female employees at the company’s Crowley County Correctional Facility (CCCF) in Colorado.In September 2006, the EEOC filed a lawsuit ...
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