Prison employee sues Department of Correction in Confederate flag case

Montville — A longtime employee of the Department of Correction is claiming in a federal lawsuit that she was disciplined after complaining about a correction officer's Confederate flag license plate being displayed prominently near the entrance of the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Institution.

Carla Moore of Columbia, who is African American, has worked for the DOC for about 25 years as a correctional identification and records specialist. The lawsuit, filed on July 8 in U.S. District Court in New Haven, claims she was subjected to a hostile work environment, retaliated against when she complained and that her rights to free speech were violated.

Department of Correction spokesman Andrius Banevicius said the agency does not comment on pending litigation.

Reached by phone Thursday, Moore politely referred questions to her attorney, John R. Williams of New Haven, a veteran lawyer in the civil rights arena.

Read more: https://www.theday.com/policefirecourts/20190711/prison-employee-sues-department-of-correction-in-confederate-flag-case
[The Day (New London)]