Inmates sue to watch solar eclipse after New York orders prison lockdown
by Associated Press in New York from Science | The Guardian on (#6KSCY)
Lawsuit argues lockdown violates inmates' rights by preventing them from taking part in religiously significant event
Inmates in New York are suing the state corrections department over the decision to lock down prisons during next Monday's total solar eclipse.
The suit filed on Friday in federal court in upstate New York argues that the 8 April lockdown violates inmates' constitutional rights to practice their faiths by preventing them from taking part in a religiously significant event.
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