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| Union Loses Battle For Women's Positions In Prisons |
| By seattleweekly.com |
| Published: 07/21/2010 |
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A little over a year ago, the state Department of Corrections decided that many of the positions in its women's prisons should be filled by women. It might seem an uncontroversial decision given the history of sexual abuse at women's prisons in this state. Yet, Teamsters Local 117, representing corrections officers around the state, charged gender discrimination and filed a court challenge. Today, a state Court of Appeals ruling dismissed the Teamsters' complaint. State law generally prohibits discrimination in hiring, but makes an exception when "conventional standards of sexual privacy" are at stake. DOC asked the state Human Rights Commission as to determine that the exception applied in this case and the commission agreed. The DOC then increased the percentage of women guards at its female facilities from about 50 to 70, says DOC Secretary Eldon Vail. The department wanted to ensure that inmates would never be alone with only male guards in their cells or dorms, where they would be doing things like showering and dressing. The DOC has long had a policy requiring same-sex strip searches. Read More. |
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