Category: hostile work environment

Eleventh Circuit Holds Prison Liable for the Sexual Harassment of its Female Employees by Male Inmates

On Friday, The Eleventh Circuit upheld a sexual harassment jury verdict against the Florida Department of Corrections. In Beckford v. Fla. Department of Corrections, female employees were subject to rather explicit sexual harassment by prison inmates, including something called “gunning” (I will let you read the opinion for that definition).  The employees repeatedly complained to […]