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Why California prisons should be barred from abruptly canceling visiting hours
California prisons sometimes cancel visitation periods at the last minute, creating hardships for people making rare trips or long journeys. A bill would rightly protect those visits.
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According to CalMatters’s source item, Why California prisons should be barred from abruptly canceling visiting hours, California prisons sometimes cancel visitation periods at the last minute, creating hardships for people making rare trips or long journeys. A bill would rightly protect those visits.
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The development sits in VINI’s California file for readers following state policy, regional institutions, courts, markets, public services, and California communities. The original report is linked so readers can check the source account, follow later updates, and compare new coverage against the first published record. The source item is dated 2026-06-23T12:00:00+00:00.
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- Why California prisons should be barred from abruptly canceling visiting hoursCalMatters - 2026-06-23T12:00:00+00:00
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