New York Inmates to View Solar Eclipse After Settling Lawsuit

In their lawsuit, the inmates argued the solar eclipse is ‘an event of great religious significance.’
New York Inmates to View Solar Eclipse After Settling Lawsuit
Solar eclipses have fascinated people for millennia, and many ancient cultures developed myths to explain why they occurred. Amanda Carden/Shutterstock
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A group of inmates imprisoned at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility in upstate New York will be allowed to watch Monday’s solar eclipse after suing the state’s corrections department over a planned lockdown that would have forced them to stay indoors.

Attorneys for the six inmates housed at the facility in Sullivan County said in a statement on Thursday that they have settled with the state in a manner that allows the men to view the solar eclipse “in accordance with their sincerely held religious beliefs.”

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