New York Inmates Suing to View the Solar Eclipse Due to Prison Lockdowns
The plaintiffs allege in the lawsuit that barring them from watching is a violation of their religious freedom.
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The plaintiffs allege in the lawsuit that barring them from watching is a violation of their religious freedom.
Six New York inmates have filed a lawsuit against the state’s corrections department after the department announced a statewide prison lockdown on April 8 that would bar them from seeing the total solar eclipse, which they allege violates their religious freedom.
The plaintiffs allege in the lawsuit that barring them from watching is a violation of their religious freedom.
“The state’s refusal to recognize religious freedoms casts a dark shadow on us all.”
New York State is one of the 13 states within the eclipse’s path.