By John Christie, Matt Drange and Naomi Schalit
Bangor Daily News
Maine — One corrections officer spread a false rumor that the new female officer at the state prison in South Windham was a stripper.
Another one called her “Genitalia,” instead of her real name, which also began with a “G.”
She was asked by a colleague if he could measure her buttocks. When she said no, he did it anyway. She was asked about her favorite sexual positions and to describe her breasts.
When her complaints were not taken seriously, she quit her job and filed sexual harassment and retaliation complaints against the Department of Corrections with the Maine Human Rights Commission, detailing what she said happened to her in a sworn statement.
The state settled the case. Cost to taxpayers: $20,000.
Full story: Bad behavior in state workplace costs taxpayers nearly $2M in settlements