On Monday, a total solar eclipse will sweep across North America, covering regions in Mexico, the United States, and Canada. During a total solar eclipse, the Moon moves directly between the Sun and the Earth, casting a shadow and temporarily darkening the sky as if it were dawn or dusk. Six inmates in upstate New York will be among the skywatchers viewing the celestial phenomenon after the
New York Corrections Department agreed to allow the men to participate following a lawsuit filed last week.
A spokesman for the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said in a statement that the lawsuit had come to “an appropriate resolution.”
Chris McArdle, one of the lawyers representing the inmates, said that the men were enthused with the outcome:
This is a huge win for them — they are all ecstatic. Keeping our fingers crossed that it’s not cloudy or raining, they are…
