Framingham Prison Guard Fired After Reporting Sexual Harassment

FRAMINGHAM, MA — A female corrections guard working in Framingham in the Massachusetts Correctional Institution was fired after she reported sexual harassment by her boss. According to WCVB, the state fired her for smoking cigarettes while she was not at work, but the woman, Katelyn Ferrie, told the outlet she is the victim of retaliation.

Ferrie told WCVB that almost immediately after she was hired, her boss started making sexual comments and advances towards her. When she spoke up about it, she was shunned by her coworkers and labeled a snitch, she told the outlet.

Her boss, now former DOC Capt. Bobby Theriaul, was transferred to another prison after the DOC found in Ferrie's favor, writing that her former boss "engaged in misconduct" through "conversations of a sexual or suggestive nature," WCVB reported.

The stress and damage did not stop after Theriaul was transferred, Ferrie told WCVB and she went on temporary leave due to stress in November 2016.

Read moreabout this story at WCVB.