HECHT, Justice.
Melissa Renda, an inmate at the Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility, filed a complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission (ICRC) alleging sexual harassment and retaliation in her employment and housing. The ICRC concluded it did not have jurisdiction to hear Renda's complaint because the correctional facility was not a "dwelling," and, as an inmate, Renda was not an "employee" for purposes of the Iowa Civil Rights Act (the Act). Renda sought judicial...
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