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  Apr 1

  When the solar eclipse arrives, NY prisons will be locked down

  Preparations for April’s solar eclipse have ramped up as the highly anticipated astronomical event nears — those preps, it turns out, include New York’s prisons. The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision announced its plans to cancel visitations at nearly two dozen facilities in the path of totality on April 8. In total, the department said 23…