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SCRANTON – Lackawanna County and its prison have denied allegations that they unlawfully removed a gay female corrections officer from her work, placed her on administrative leave and terminated her from her job – instead countering that disciplinary infractions and a conflict of interest led to the events in question.

SCRANTON – A gay female corrections officer at Lackawanna County Prison alleges that the institution unlawfully removed her from work, placed her on administrative leave and terminated her from her job.

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