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Bradley Kreifels served with the Nebraska DOC for 30 years; he was a former marine who rose to the rank of sergeant at the Community Corrections Center
The aspiring true-crime author is alleged to have helped Aubrey Trail, a convicted killer, in a murder-for-hire scheme to extort money from a prison nurse who had smuggled contraband into the prison
The average Lancaster County Jail population for this year’s first quarter was 642, compared with 565 during the same three month timeframe last year
Lancaster Community Corrections expanded the reentry program which includes therapy, substance-abuse treatment, and learning life skills with a $2M federal grant
The JDAI program looks for alternatives for detaining juveniles
Inmates “know there is no retribution for going off the rails,” one staff member said
The DUI court serves as an alternative to prison or jail time
“The staffing crisis changes now,” said FOP President Mike Chapman
Lawmakers face a budget shortfall when they convene in January, but members of a budget-writing committee say they still hope to boost funding for the state’s prison system
Each inmate faces felony counts
Members of an oversight committee spent three days looking into financial problems, overcrowding, mental health services and staffing shortages within the Department of Correctional Services
Director Scott Frakes said the department will request from the Legislature an estimated $26.2 million for additional beds at community corrections centers in Lincoln and Omaha
Corrections Director Scott Frakes announced Tuesday that prison officials have completed 13 of the 83 recommended actions
Corrections Department Director Scott Frakes praised the courage of the officers awarded
The new machine will allow inmates to add information themselves and print out an accurate booking card
Argued that a ballot measure to reinstate the punishment is invalid because Gov. Pete Ricketts, who helped bankroll the petition drive, wasn’t listed as a sponsor
Attorneys for John Lotter said in federal court Tuesday that there are unanswered legal questions
Erion and her daughter, Heidi Revelo, walk into the jail once a month and spend an hour talking to and praying with some of the women staying there
He did not give a reason for his resignation
Attack occurred Monday after the officer ordered the inmate to stand for a search
Nebraska’s prison population could start to decline under a new law that increases the use of probation for nonviolent offenders
Opponents said that the death penalty is beyond repair in Nebraska because of repeated legal challenges and expense to the state
Nebraskans for the Death Penalty said it had gathered 166,692 signatures from all 93 of the state’s counties
Hastings leaders have vowed to help find workers to staff a proposed behavioral health treatment center for prison inmates, if it were placed in the south-central Nebraska city
Longer shifts started after a prison riot, and have not gone back down three months later
It’s unclear if any of those inmates will be required to return to prison to complete their sentences
Lancaster County District judge said Nikko Jenkins, 28, failed to serve the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services with notice of the lawsuit, as required by law
Department announced it will interview randomly selected staff members at all of the department’s facilities, across all shifts
The 33-year-old inmate sued CO Anthony Hansen, the Department of Correctional Services and other prison officials for $150,000