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Credit KWGS News File Photo OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State prison inmates in Oklahoma will again be allowed visitors, more than six months after visitations were suspended due to the coronavirus, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections announced Tuesday. “Staff and inmate vaccinations offer protection to our facilities and communities and make it possible to resume visitation” starting April 1, according to a statement from DOC director Scott Crow. Inmate visitation was suspended Sept. 30 in an effort to stem the spread of the virus. Visits will be limited to two hours and visitors must foll...

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says COVID-19 vaccines are beginning to arrive at the state's prisons, but some advocates for the incarcerated say

An audio version of this story The top item on criminal justice reform advocates’ agenda has stalled as the Oklahoma legislature passed its first major deadline. Senate Bill 704 would have greatly limited the practice of lengthening prison sentences because of someone’s previous, nonviolent felony convictions. According to Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform, enhancements mean Oklahomans end up serving prison sentences 70% longer than the national average for property crimes and 79% longer for drug crimes.  The bill was also retroactive, so it would have benefited people in prison ser...