Four Corrections Workers Sue the State of Iowa, Alleging Racial Discrimination

Four Black women employed by the Iowa Department of Corrections are suing the state for alleged discrimination based on race and color.

Cameron Gowdy, Kennesha Woods, Shantel Lewis and Zeare Renfro are suing the department, as well as several top administrators, alleging violations of the Iowa Civil Rights Act.

Gowdy, 53, has worked for the DOC since 2004 as a residential manager and currently works at the Fresh Start Women’s Center in Des Mones. She alleges that over the past 20 years she has been continuously subjected to harassment by DOC personnel and claims that when DOC Director Jerry Evans hired her he said she’d have to contend with what the lawsuit calls “10% haters.”

Read the source article at Des Moines Register