County pays $85,000 to settle fired jail administrator’s discrimination lawsuit

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: February 11, 2026

Words: 534

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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Muscatine County has agreed to pay $85,000 to settle claims that it discriminated against a former jail administrator due to his anti-Muslim and anti-gay writings.

The settlement agreement calls for the county to pay Dean Naylor, former jail administrator and captain with the sheriff’s department, $37,500 that will be treated as taxable wages and earnings, plus $37,500 as compensation for claims of emotional distress.

In addition, the county has agreed to pay Naylor’s attorneys at …

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