Prison teacher is raped by convicted rapist

[JustJulia]

I don't understand why a workers' comp suit couldn't be brought against the state. I work for a WC company that has several states and federal departments as clients. They carry WC insurance like everyone else.

[thinkalot]

Originally Posted by hisbabyny

Did she know as a employee she was at risk of being raped by a inmate, or even murdered?

I am sure that every prison employee realizes that.

Employees were given pepper spray training BEFORE this happened.

Guards were checking the classroom MORE often than required.

I am sure more changes have been made since this happened 6 months ago.

It's unfortunate but tragedy is what drives changes to safety and security procedures (Coconut Grove?). They may have been teaching this type of inmate in this manner for years without any problems. When nothing goes wrong we become lax. That happens from the highest levels to our personal lives.

[markg91359]

Originally Posted by JustJulia

I don't understand why a workers' comp suit couldn't be brought against the state. I work for a WC company that has several states and federal departments as clients. They carry WC insurance like everyone else.

A workers compensation claim can be brought against the state when they are the employer and compensation is available to this woman for lost wages and medical expenses. What she can't do in most states is bring a lawsuit against the state for its negligence in failing to provide adequate security for the inmate. This is barred by the same statute that allows her a right to worker's compensation payments.

[JanND]

Originally Posted by no kudzu

so you think she should just pick herself up, dust herself off and start all over again?
how about her relations with her husband? do you think it is easy to forget that kind of assault?sure some are able to get on with their lives but how do any of us know what is in their mind or heart while they are going on with their lives? how do we know what they do when they hear a strange noise in the night, when some strong memory comes back to haunt them. I don't think any of us can assume just because a woman doesn't take to her sick bed and cry for 40 years that she hasn't been incredibly scared and scarred and that indeed her "getting on with life" is filled with more trauma and illness than we will ever know.

I agree. I think the comment you are responding to is ignorant, sexist and totally unsympathetic.