An appeals court in California on Friday temporarily halted a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for prison workers in the state that was slated to take place next month.
An inmate is seen reading a book in her prison cell at Las Colinas Women's Detention Facility in Santee, California.A judge previously issued the mandate, slated to begin January 12, after it was recommended by the court-appointed receiver who manages the prison health care system.
The mandate was scheduled to take effect on January 12, but is blocked until at least March when a hearing will take place, according to a report from theThe mandate had been ordered by a US district judge in September based on the recommendation of the court-appointed receiver who manages the state prison health care system.
, including workers in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, also opposed the mandate for prison workers, the AP reported. Don Specter, director of the Prison Law Office, told the AP the judge's decision Friday to halt the mandate "puts both the prison staff and the incarcerated population at greater risk of infection."
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