Comments on: Federal Court Upholds Sexual Harassment Award for Female Guard Harassed by Inmates http://jonathanturley.org/2008/04/17/federal-court-upholds-sexual-harassment-award-for-female-guard-harassed-by-inmates/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Mon, 28 May 2012 09:40:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 1L http://jonathanturley.org/2008/04/17/federal-court-upholds-sexual-harassment-award-for-female-guard-harassed-by-inmates/#comment-11513 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:01:04 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=1576#comment-11513 Obviously they acted badly, but this seems like a no win situation for the prison administration (and therefore for the citizens of California).

Option 1: Don’t hire female guards for a maximum security prison. Employment discrimination – pay up.

Option 2: Act as they did, but instead, act to quickly and immediately stop the behavior. Given that this is a maximum security prison – this doesn’t mean taking away snack time. Rather this involves physical intervention by other prison guards. In doing so, not only do you open yourself up to greater medical costs for both guards and inmates, but to potential lawsuits from the inmates should they believe the force to be excessive. Pay up.

Option 3: What they did – pay up.

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