I am so bummed reading about state-hired prison guards sexually assaulting women convicts (“State to pay $2M to settle sex assault lawsuit at women’s prison,” Star-Advertiser, May 13). Clearly they were doing wrong, something not at all in their job description when they were hired.

It’s all made much worse by all of us law-abiding citizens to be financially responsible for these jokers. If this is just one of these big union rules protecting their members, then screw the union; change the rules.

It’s about time unions, union members and state employees grow a conscience and change the rules so these lawbreakers alone are responsible for their own defense and civil penalties.

Timothy Fern

Kaneohe

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