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Department of Corrections Cancels Visitation at Six Oklahoma Prisons

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections has canceled visitation at six facilities today through Sunday.

The cancellations are related to a statewide lock down put in place Tuesday after a Monday night incident at Mack Alford Correctional Center, a medium-security men's prison in Stringtown.

In addition to Mack Alford, North Fork, Dick Conner, Cimarron, Davis and Lawton correctional centers will not have visitation until at least next week. Cimarron, Davis and Lawton are privately run prisons.

Seven facilities returned to normal operations Wednesday morning and will have visitation this weekend: Mabel Bassett, Kate Barnard, Eddie Warrior, Charles E. "Bill" Johnson, Howard McLeod, Jim E. Hamilton and John H. Lilley correctional centers.

Matt Trotter joined KWGS as a reporter in 2013. Before coming to Public Radio Tulsa, he was the investigative producer at KJRH. His freelance work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and on MSNBC and CNN.