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New York inmates are suing to watch the solar eclipse after state orders prisons locked down

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New York inmates are suing to watch the solar eclipse after state orders prisons locked down NEW YORK (AP) — The suit filed Friday in federal court in upstate New York argues that the April 8 lockdown violates inmates’ constitutional rights to practice their faiths by preventing them from taking part in a religiously significant event. The post New York inmates are suing to watch the solar eclipse after state orders prisons locked down …

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