Posted by FRANCESCA RASI on 7/25/07

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MY NAME IS FRANCESCA RASI I WAS EMPLOYEED BY BLAND
CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN 2006 AT FIRST MY HARRASMENT STARTED
LIKE MOST PEOPLE WITH WORDS AND ACCUSATIONS THIS WENT ON
BY SEVERAL OF THE MALE EMPLOYEES AND AT FIRST I TOOK MY
FAMILIES ADVISE AND CHOSE TO IGNORE THEM. I WAS PLACED IN
THE KITCHEN AS A SECRETARY MY SUPERVISOR BECAME MORE AND
MORE VULGURE AND BLUNT OFFERING ME MONEY AND SPECIAL
TREATMENT FOR SEXUAL FAVORS MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS TO IGNORE
WHAT WAS BEING SAID AFTER A WHILE HOWEVER I COULD NO
LONGER TAKE IT I TRIED CONFRONTING HIM DIRECTLY SAYING
THIS WAS NOT WORTH HIS MARRIAGE AND HIS CAREER THEN I TOLD
OTHER SUPERVISORS OF THE HARRASEMENT I WAS ASSURED THIS
WOULD STOP BUT IT DIDNT. INMATES THAT WORKED ALONG SIDE OF
ME IN THIS DEPARTMENT OBSERVED SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS EVEN
TOLD ON SERVERAL OCCASIONS THAT HE NEEDED TO LEAVE THE
AREA SO THAT HE WOULDNT CRAMP HIS STYLE. THEN ON JULY 12
2006 I WAS WORKING AT THIS MANS COMPUTER BECAUSE THEY
DIDNT PROVIDE ME WITH MY OWN PRINTER SUDDENLY THEN LIGHTS
WENT OFF HE TURNED TO ME AND SAID THIS IS WHAT IVE BEEN
WAITING FOR I GOT UP TO LEAVE HE PULLED ME BACK BY MY HAIR
PULLED ME UP AGAINST HIM PUT HIS HANDS DOWN MY PANTS AND
INSERTED HIS FINGERS HOLDING ME AROUND MY THROAT THE WHOLE
TIME I SCREAMED AND YELLED BUT THE DOORS IN A PRISON ARE
STEEL AND NO ONE HEARD OR WANTED TO. AFTER A WHILE AN
INMATE CAME TO THE DOOR I RAN OUT I SAT OUTSIDE WANDERING
WHAT TO DO NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT TO DO FEELING ASHAMED
AND VERY SCARED. I WENT HOME THAT NIGHT AND CALLED MY
PARENTS. THEY CALLED THE PRISON AN INVESTIGATION WAS
LAUNCHED AND IT WAS A JOKE ONE OF THE OTHER MALES THAT HAD
MADE ADVANCES TOWARD ME WAS THE HEAD INVESTIGATOR THINGS
WERE MISMANAGED AND I WAS TREATED LIKE THE VICTIMIZER NOT
THE VICTIM. I WENT TO SEE A LAWYER SHE SAID I HAD A VERY
STRONG CASE I HAD DOCUMENTATIONS AND MY JOURNALS TIMES
DATES OF EVERYTHING THAT HAD HAPPENED TO ME I STILL
THOUGHT EVERYTHING WOULD BE OK. I ENDED UP QUITTING MY JOB
I COULD NO LONGER TAKE THE ABUSE I WAS FORCED TO ENDURE
FROM MY SUPERVISORS SUDDENLY THINGS THAT WERE OK BEFORE
THIS HAPPENED TO ME WERE NOT I COULDNT DO MY JOB AND NOT
FEEL HARRASED. MY LAWYER HAD INITIALLY ASKED FOR 2500.00
UP FRONT WHEN I TOLD HER I DIDNT HAVE IT SHE SAID I COULD
PAY HER PAYMENTS AND NOT TO WORRY ABOUT I HAD A STRONG
CASE. SINCE ALL THIS HAPPENED IVE LOST MY HUSBAND I AM NOW
A SINGLE MOTHER OF 3 TEENAGERS I CANT FIND A JOB ANYWHERE
THAT PAYS ENOUGH FOR ME TO LIVE AND ONE EMPLOYOR TOLD ME
IN PRIVATE WHEN THEY DO BACKGROUND CHECKS ALL THIS SHOWS
UP THEREFORE MOST COMPANIES THINK THIS IS SOMETHING YOU DO
OUT TO SUE SOMEONE.I AM ON WELFARE I HAVE WORKED HARD ALL
MY LIFE I AM AT MY WHITS END I HAVE NO MONEY FOR THE
LAWYERS PAYMENTS SO SHE DOESNT RETURN MY PHONE CALLS BUT I
BARELEY HAVE ENOUGH FOR GROCERIES, BUT THIS MAN WHO DONE
THIS TO ME STILL HAS HIS JOB AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE HASNT A
CARE IN THE WORLD I NEED SOME HELP SOME HOW IF SOMEONE
COULD READ MY STORY AND PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ADVISE OR
ENCOURAGEMENT I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT SOMEONE OUT
THERE SOMEWHERE SURELY WOULD KNOW WHAT TO DO PLEASE PLEASE
HELP

SEXUALLY HARRASED, 7/25/07, by FRANCESCA RASI.

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