A brief background on the case.
All of the plaintiffs had/have worked for the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections for 5+ years. During the course of employment with the department we reported issues/concerns regarding various topics; safety of juveniles and staff, sexual abuse, falsifying documents, misuse of funds, timecard padding, destruction of documents, sexual misconduct, cronyism, hostile work environment, unethical hiring practices, and so on...
After reporting issues/concerns the plaintiffs endured various levels of harassment and retaliation; disability discrimination, denial of First Amendment Rights, forced shift or schedule change, specific expectations for plaintiff, forced to take Family Medical Leave, loss of pay, denied advancement or promotional opportunities, 'jokes' regarding threat of death, defamation of character, threat of consequence for exercising rights to petition or engage in consorted protected activity, and so on...
Ultimately, the retaliation became so severe and the environment so hostile, toxic, and corrupt that we came together in an effort to expose and stop the corruption and hold leadership accountable. The division among staff was difficult and disheartening but we, the 10 plaintiffs in the case of Ledford et al v the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections, stayed strong; determined not to back down to the fear and intimidation. Even when I, the 'ring leader', as former Superintendent Grimm so eloquently referred to me, was terminated for gathering evidence in the lawsuit. We have prevailed at each step of the legal process and are trudging forward.
We had waited almost a year and a half to publicly share many of the supporting documents to our allegations against the department. The ruling vacating the temporary protective order allows us to share what should already be public information.
All of the plaintiffs had/have worked for the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections for 5+ years. During the course of employment with the department we reported issues/concerns regarding various topics; safety of juveniles and staff, sexual abuse, falsifying documents, misuse of funds, timecard padding, destruction of documents, sexual misconduct, cronyism, hostile work environment, unethical hiring practices, and so on...
After reporting issues/concerns the plaintiffs endured various levels of harassment and retaliation; disability discrimination, denial of First Amendment Rights, forced shift or schedule change, specific expectations for plaintiff, forced to take Family Medical Leave, loss of pay, denied advancement or promotional opportunities, 'jokes' regarding threat of death, defamation of character, threat of consequence for exercising rights to petition or engage in consorted protected activity, and so on...
Ultimately, the retaliation became so severe and the environment so hostile, toxic, and corrupt that we came together in an effort to expose and stop the corruption and hold leadership accountable. The division among staff was difficult and disheartening but we, the 10 plaintiffs in the case of Ledford et al v the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections, stayed strong; determined not to back down to the fear and intimidation. Even when I, the 'ring leader', as former Superintendent Grimm so eloquently referred to me, was terminated for gathering evidence in the lawsuit. We have prevailed at each step of the legal process and are trudging forward.
We had waited almost a year and a half to publicly share many of the supporting documents to our allegations against the department. The ruling vacating the temporary protective order allows us to share what should already be public information.
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