AB 2434: Inmates: visitation.

This bill aims to improve prison visitation by requiring facilities to be open for visitation at least 3 days a week. It prohibits facilities from denying visitation based on characteristics such as sex, race, or criminal history. All visits with an incarcerated person must be contact visits unless they are housed in a restricted unit. Facilities cannot deny, revoke, or limit visitation privileges for disciplinary issues unrelated to visitation. Visitors have the right to correctable issues with their visit and can return to visiting up to one hour before the end of the visiting period. The bill also prohibits searching visitors without their consent, and if a search is denied, the facility must offer a non-contact visit on the same day. Data on searches, alerts, and denials must be collected and published annually by the department. Facilities can only deny contact visiting for a day i…