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Hawaii corrections officer files sexual harassment lawsuit

Received explicit photos from a coworker for eight months

By Tim Sakahara
Hawaii News Now

HONOLULU — A prison sex harassment lawsuit has been filed. The State Department of Public Safety is being sued, accused of not keeping an employee safe.

The plaintiff is a 34 year old woman. She had just started working as an adult corrections officer last August. But just a month into the job she was the one who felt like a prisoner.

The case begins on Facebook. A veteran guard friended the rookie which she accepted. Just 10 minutes later the first naked picture arrived.

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