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| Wisconsin Man Threatened Over Prison Investigation |
| By badgerherald.com |
| Published: 11/01/2010 |
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The investigator who documented alleged sexual assaults of inmates by a Wisconsin prison guard was threatened by union employees and likely faced retaliation from management, according to records obtained by The Associated Press. Wisconsin Department of Corrections officials declined to punish those who threatened Chris Kuchinski but trumped up a disciplinary case against him after he pushed for action, another investigator concluded this month. One of the alleged threats happened in front of a department administrator who did nothing and later reprimanded Kuchinski in a move state Equal Rights Division investigator Steve Herje found “defies reason and credulity.” Herje concluded in an Oct. 5 report that the department likely violated the Wisconsin whistleblower law by retaliating against Kuchinski. The 15-year department employee is seeking back pay and reinstatement to management after taking a $20,000 pay cut and demotion to work the night shift at a different facility. The case now goes to a hearing, though a date hasn’t been set. Read More. |
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