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Prisoners in the U.S. state of New York have taken legal action against the state corrections department. They started the measure over the state’s decision to lock down prisons during next Monday’s total solar eclipse.

纽约州的囚犯已经对该州矫正部门采取了法律行动。他们开始了这一措施，原因是州政府决定在下周的日全食期间封锁监狱。

The case was filed last week in a federal court in upstate New York. It argues that the April 8 lockdown violate prisoners’ constitutional rights to practice their faiths by preventing them from taking part in an important religious event.

该案件上周在纽约北部的联邦法院提起。它主张4月8日的封锁违反了囚犯们行使宗教信仰的宪法权利，因为这妨碍了他们参加一项重要的宗教活动。

Six prisoners with different religious backgrounds brought forward the case at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Woodbourne, New York. They include two Christians, two followers of a Cuban-born religious tradition called Santeria, a Muslim as well as an atheist, someone who does not believe in the existence of God.

六名有着不同宗教背景的囚犯在纽约州伍德伯恩的伍德伯恩矫正设施提出了这个案件。他们包括两名基督徒、两名古巴出生的圣特里亚教的信徒、一名穆斯林以及一名无神论者，即不相信上帝存在的人。

Their legal document, or complaint, says, “A solar eclipse is a rare, natural phenomenon with great religious significance to many.” It says the Bible describes an eclipse-like phenomenon when Jesus Christ was on the cross. Additionally, Islamic works report a similar event when the Prophet Muhammad’s son died.

他们的法律文件或投诉称：“日食是一种罕见的、具有重大宗教意义的自然现象。” 它说圣经描述了耶稣基督被钉在十字架上时发生了类似日食的现象。此外，伊斯兰作品报告了先知穆罕默德的儿子死亡时发生了类似的事件。

The complaint says that one of the prisoners involved with the case, the atheist, received special permission last month to view the eclipse using state-provided glasses. But that was before the system-wide lockdown was issued.

投诉书称，该案件涉及的一名囚犯，即无神论者，上个月获得了使用州提供的眼镜观看日食的特别许可。但那是在全系统封锁发布之前。

Four of the other prisoners involved with the case then sought permission but were denied by officials. The officials ruled the solar eclipse is not listed as a holy day for their religions, the complaint says. The sixth prisoner said he never received an answer.

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