Prison News | Nebraska
Recent events, organized by category (below) or region/state (right), concerning the corrections industry in Nebraska. Comments, suggestions and contributions (below) appreciated.
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Education & Rehabilitation
Executions, Death Row & the Death Penalty
No recent news for Nebraska in this category.
Gangs in Prison
Health & Medical Treatment
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Prison Classification, Placement, & Release
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Inmate Imprisoned for Assault, Weapons Counts on the Run
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The hunt is on for an inmate who walked away from a low-level corrections center where he was serving up to 10 years for weapons and assault counts — including assault on a police officer...
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US News,
Thursday, January 9, 2020
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Furlough program released violent inmates early
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's prison system freed 162 inmates convicted of violent crimes under an early release furlough program that was approved without public hearings, a prominent state senator revealed Wednesday....
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Grand Island Independent,
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
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Official: Heineman wasn't told of prisons program
Corrections Director Mike Kenney also defended the temporary placement program in a letter to the legislative committee that's investigating Nebraska's prison problems, saying he alone created it while state officials rounded up hundreds of inmates who were released too early because their sentences were miscalculated....
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Houston Chronicle,
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
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Lawmakers will look at new prison sentencing issue
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A legislative committee will investigate Nebraska's newest prison sentencing problems, which took place while officials were rounding up inmates who were released too early.......
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Associated Press,
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
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Neb. lawmakers pass prison reform changes
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A measure to address prison overcrowding in Nebraska has been passed by the Legislature....
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Associated Press,
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Prison Conditions & Corruption
Prison Life & Culture
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Riots, Lockdowns & Escapes
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Prison inmate died at Lincoln hospital Monday
A 58-year-old prison inmate, Whitney Hopkins, died at a Lincoln hospital shortly after 11 a.m. Monday, the Nebraska Department of Corrections has confirmed....
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The Neighbor,
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
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Sheriff's office conducting required investigation after Iowa man dies in Nebraska jail
The Douglas County Department of Corrections reported that 65-year-old Robert Basten, of Zwingle, Iowa, was found unresponsive Wednesday morning in a housing unit of the Douglas County Department of Corrections. Paramedics responded, and Basten was pronounced dead at the jail....
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Associated Press,
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Suicides in Prison
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