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As a substitute of firing him, the California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation demoted a high-ranking official who allegedly sexually harassed a feminine subordinate.
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The California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation allowed a high-ranking administrator to return to work regardless of the findings of “egregious misconduct” towards a subordinatein line with a uncommon impartial report issued final week by an impartial company that oversees the division’s disciplinary course of and inside investigations.
The report marked the primary time in three years that the Workplace of the Inspector Normal questioned the state jail system about a person case. It usually posts summaries of healthcare points, use-of-force incidents, and disciplinary updates.
The inspector common on Oct. 17 issued a so-called sentinel report criticizing the division’s choice to resolve a disciplinary case towards the administrator regardless of findings that he ought to be fired resulting from substantiated allegations together with sexual harassment, racism and bullying.
He reportedly used foul language when talking to a subordinate supervisor, made sexual feedback and intimidated her. “She told the manager that she ‘owned’ him because she was still on probation and warned her that ‘she better do what (he said),’” the report states.
The unnamed administrator withdrew his disciplinary enchantment to the State Personnel Board after the division reached a settlement, suspending him for 11 months and demoting him to corrections officer.
The Workplace of Inspector Normal mentioned the division “should not have resolved a dismissal case supported by overwhelming evidence.”
“The modern workplace should be a safe environment in which employees can work without fear of harassment, intolerance, or retaliation,” the Workplace of Inspector Normal wrote in its report. “If these decisions were intended to eliminate any future harm or liability to the department through an agreement, then the agreement was seriously flawed.”
In his response, Corrections Secretary Jeff Macomber mentioned the alleged conduct was egregious however maintained that the self-discipline was acceptable.
Macomber referred to as the settlement “progressive discipline” and mentioned it “was one of the most severe sanctions he has ever imposed, other than termination.”
“The Department’s mission includes the rehabilitation of individuals who have committed serious crimes with the goal of turning them into productive members of society,” he wrote. “It is incongruous that the Department does not also seek to rehabilitate employees when it believes it can do so.”
This text was initially revealed by CalMatters.
