Prisoners win fight to view solar eclipse

The last total solar eclipse seen from the US was in 2017 (AP Photo/Timothy D Easley)

Six inmates who sued New York’s corrections department over its decision to lock down prisons during Monday’s total solar eclipse will get to watch the event after all.

Lawyers for the six men at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility in upstate New York said on Thursday they have reached a settlement with the state that will allow the men to view the solar eclipse “in accordance with their sincerely held religious beliefs”.