The committee ruled the Department of Corrections couldn't fire her because she was protected by the Whistleblower Act. They also say the hearing brought forward several witnesses and substantial evidence supporting Dr. Whitney Louis' claims, but the Department of Corrections is refusing to give her job back.
A review of a House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee Hearing is raising concerns about the firing of a doctor by the Department of Corrections after she reported rapes between inmates and correctional employees.
The committee ruled the Department of Corrections couldn't fire her because she was protected by the Whistleblower Act. They also say the hearing brought forward several witnesses and substantial evidence supporting Dr. Whitney Louis' claims, but the Department of Corrections is refusing to give her job back.
Dr. Whitney Louis was fired from the Department of Corrections in January after the DOC said she failed to report a prisoner's violent dream. State Representative Justin Humphrey says that is a ruse and the firing was in retaliation for reporting inadequate inmate rape investigations within the DOC.
“I originally talked to one of the sexual assault victims after I had reported it and she said, 'they never came to me, Dr. Louis. They never talked to me,’” Louis testified in the committee hearing in July.
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