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Civil rights Keyed to Jeffries, 5th Ed.
Dothard v. Rawlinson
Citation:
433 U.S. 321 (1977)Facts
Dianne Rawlinson, a 22-year-old college graduate with a degree in correctional psychology, applied for a position as a correctional counselor trainee with the Alabama Board of Corrections. She was refused employment because she failed to meet the minimum 120-pound weight requirement established by Alabama statute, which also required a minimum height of 5’2″. After her rejection, Rawlinson filed a class action lawsuit challenging these requirements as discriminatory against women. While her suit was pending, the Alabama Board of Corrections adopted Administrative Regulation 204, which established gender criteria for assigning correctional counselors to “contact positions” in maximum-security institutions, effectively excluding women from approximately 75% of correctional counselor positions. Rawlinson amended her complaint to challenge this regulation as well. The Alabama prison system was characterized by violence, overcrowding, and inadequate facilities, with no attempt to classify or segregate inmates according to their offense or dangerousness level.
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