Maybe it was her?
could someone explain to me why a woman is working at a male prison????
Maybe it was her?
It’s not logical Captain.
At, perhaps, its most absurd; a male exhibitionist could be put into a prison — where he’ll henceforth have no privacy from female guards.
Political correctness and not improbably, affirmative action..
Yep, it's called being a divorced mother, trying to make enough money to raise your two kids. I worked over 23 years in uniform in all-male facilities in New York State. The money was good, a lot better than what I was making working as a Food Stamp Examiner (in 1980) for the County. I retired as a Sergeant in 2003.
Since there are less female facilities the option of only working with female inmates is limited. And, don't forget, male officers work at female prisons, and from what I've heard, the females are even worse.
As a rookie in a maximum security facility, I had some experiences with convicts who deliberately exposed themselves or masterbated when I'd walk down the gallery to take the count. If the guy was in his cell, I ignored him. If he decided to expose himself while he was in the yard or some other place in the prison, I'd write his ass up. It didn't happen very often. And of course, as I got more time on the job, and eventually became a Sergeant, it never happened.
Every female officer handled the situation differently. Some overreacted and made it worse on themselves. It's possible that the female officer in this lawsuit handled the incidents inappropriately, or even fabricated many of them. It's also possible that the facility administration didn't discipline the inmates who violated the rules and regulations. This didn't appear to be a class-action suit, which tells me that none of the other female officers joined her in her suit. Is that because none of them experienced the same problem? But then, did any of them testify on her behalf during the original trial? You'd think that if any were taking the witness stand to uphold her complaints, that they'd be a part of the lawsuit themselves.
My question is where was the Union in all of this? If the females, or this female had a problem getting the facility administration to properly discipline the inmates for alleged offences, how come the Union wasn't involved? The article doesn't mention if the female officer exhausted her Union's grievance process. I'm assuming, this being in California, that she did belong to a Union.
There's a lot of unanswered questions in this case. Personally, I don't think she should have gotten any money.