Inmates at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility in New York have filed a lawsuit against the state corrections department, claiming that the lockdown implemented during the total solar eclipse on April 8 violated their constitutional rights to freely exercise their religious beliefs. The lawsuit, filed in federal court, argues that the lockdown hindered their participation in a significant religious event. The plaintiffs include individuals from various religious affiliations.
New York inmates have filed a lawsuit against the state corrections department regarding the decision to implement lockdowns in prisons during the total solar eclipse on April 8, the Associated Press reported. Filed on Friday in federal court in upstate New York , the lawsuit contends that the April 8 lockdown infringes upon inmates' constitutional rights to freely exercise their religious beliefs , as it hinders their participation in a significant religious event.
The plaintiffs, comprising six men of diverse religious affiliations, are currently incarcerated at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Woodbourne. Among them are a Baptist, a Muslim, a Seventh-Day Adventist, two practitioners of Santeria, and an atheis
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