Maine pays $395K to corrections officer after claims of harassment and discrimination

The state is paying $395,000 to a former corrections officer to settle her claims of harassment and discrimination.

Autumn Dinsmore resigned as a corrections officer this month as a part of the settlement of her lawsuit filed final yr. There was no admission of wrongdoing by the Maine Division of Corrections.

Dinsmore labored on the Maine State Jail and Bolduc Correctional Facility.

In her federal lawsuit, she stated the division created a hostile work setting due to her gender and sexual orientation and that she endured sexual harassment.

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The lawsuit stated Dinsmore was subjected to sexual overtures by male co-workers who requested her to ship nude pictures and who despatched nude pictures of themselves by way of Snapchat. Male co-workers additionally advised her feminine corrections officers had been unfit for jail work due to an assumption they might have relationships with male prisoners

The Maine Human Rights Fee beforehand sided with Dinsmore, saying there was proof to assist her claims of discrimination and a hostile work setting.

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