NY agrees to let six prisoners watch solar eclipse for ‘religious’ reasons with glasses provided

Their prayers were answered.

Six inmates who cited “religious beliefs” when suing their upstate New York prison to view Monday’s solar eclipse have reached a settlement allowing them to witness the astronomical marvel.

The prisoners at Woodbourne Correctional Facility — who include a Baptist, a Muslim, a Seventh-Day Adventist, two practitioners of Santeria and even one atheist — will be allowed to observe the celestial wonder from the prison’s yard, the inmates’ lawyers said in a statement Thursday.