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Several New York prison inmates are suing the state over a planned lockdown at correctional facilities during the upcoming total solar eclipse.The federal lawsuit was filed in the Northern District of New York on Friday, March 29, on behal…
Among those eagerly anticipating next week’s total solar eclipse are New York’s prison inmates, but not all of them will catch the celestial spectacle.Twenty-three state prisons fall directly within the “path of totality,” meaning they wil…
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.