Illinois Prison Supervisor, Other Guards Abused Gay Correction Officer
In a report released Monday by the Illinois Office of the executive Inspector General, the OEIG identified an incident of abuse and systemic failure of multiple layers of oversight to address the issue.
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After a guard at the Pontiac Correction Center in Illinois experienced a sexual harassment incident with an incarcerated man, his supervisor, Lt. Adrian Corley, forced him to fill out a fake form including an explicit drawing of the event, setting off a sequence of events that involved multiple high-ranking officers and other guards mocking, sexually harassing and in one incident inappropriately touching the original guard, who is gay.
In a report released Monday by the Illinois Office of the executive Inspector General, the OEIG identified an incident of abuse and systemic failure of multiple layers of oversight to address the issue, Shannon Heffernan reports for WBEZChicago. Corley was fired for the incident, while three other high-ranking officers were fired and then reinstated.
