Some current and former corrections officers at Mobile County Metro Jail complained Friday about a settlement resolving a sexual harassment lawsuit, but a judge suggested she is likely to approve it as is.
but scheduled a “fairness hearing” Friday to give people affected by the settlement a chance to voice opposition.
None of the dozen women whose Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint precipitated the class-action lawsuit spoke against the settlement. Nor did any of the “similarly situated” women who are eligible for claims – those who were corrections officers or corporals at the jail between January 2011 and earlier this year.“I was subjected to all of the disrespect that some of the inmates did,” said Lawarner Bernard, who retired in 2010 and just missed the time window in the settlement.
“They can’t just come in there and make those allegations,” the judge said. “They have to find proof.” “All the female staff, whether they was the nurses or the corrections officers, were entitled to compensation because the inmate actions were unlawful to all of us. … Any female, whether they had worked there 30 minutes, or if they had worked 30 days or 30 years, they were entitled to compensation,” she said.
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