Correction officers, following in the lead of state police who unsuccessfully sued the Baker administration over his vaccine mandate, made their own case by seeking a preliminary injunction.
Correctional officers, following the lead of State Police who unsuccessfully sued the Baker administration over his vaccine mandate, made their own case by seeking a preliminary injunction. The judge took the matter under advisement. The lawyer representing the Correction Officers Federated Union, James Lamond, argued in the U.S. District Court in Worcester that “there are available, more moderate courses of action that the government can take to address the problem” than vaccination, including a test option that’s being used in other states. In response, Judge Timothy Hillman said that correctional officers are confronted with a congregate living situation daily, a point he repeated throughout the hearing. He also asked Lamond how many correctional officers and inmates were vaccinated.
