Six men incarcerated at a New York prison argued in a federal lawsuit that the upcoming solar eclipse holds religious significance them.
Six inmates at a New York prison will get the chance to view the upcoming solar eclipse after they sued.
The inmates argued their religious rights would be violated if denied the chance to witness the event.
The state corrections department ultimately agreed to let the inmates observe the eclipse.
Six men incarcerated at a New York prison will be able to observe the rare solar eclipse that will cross the United States next week after they sued the state.
The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said that it has now agreed to let the inmates at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Sullivan County observe the phenomenon on Monday when the moon will block the sun and darken the skies.
The religiously diverse group of inmates argued in a federal lawsuit filed last week that the upcoming eclipse holds religious significance to them and they would «be denied their statutory and constitutional rights to practice their religions» if they were not able to view the celestial event.
