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Associated Press - October 14, 2009 10:34 AM ET
DENVER (AP) - The operators of a Colorado private prison have agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that male officers forced female workers to perform sexual acts to keep their jobs.
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the settlement with the Dominion Correctional Services LLC and Nashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corporation of America on Tuesday.
The companies didn't admit liability. A spokeswoman didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.
The suit filed by the EEOC in 2006 also alleged that women who worked at the Crowley County Correctional Facility were subjected to comments about their bodies and inappropriate touching. It accused the companies of retaliating against women who complained.
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