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ORLANDO, Fla. — Visiting hours to prisoners in Florida are a crucial way they connect with loved ones, but a new rule being proposed by the Florida Department of Corrections could cut those hours in half. On Wednesday, FDC proposed a set of new modifications to its visiting procedures, including adopting a rotation schedule for prisoners that would limit visitation days to every other weekend at certain correctional institutions deemed necessary by the department. “This would be devastating to my family,” Catherine Hemperley said. She visits her husband every Sunday at Tomoka Correctional Inst…