LINCOLN - A package of corrections bills has advanced in the legislature, aimed to resolve the stubborn problem of prison overcrowding.

It makes only minor changes in an effort to reduce a prison population now at 150% of designed capacity.

Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks of Lincoln ...

LINCOLN — A much-amended bill aimed at addressing the state’s chronic prison overcrowding was revived from the dead on Thursday, but at least two senators say its impact will be modest at best.

The bill, addressing one of the state’s biggest and most nagging problems, puts a Dec. 1 ...

LINCOLN — Some state lawmakers are renewing a political fight they lost in 2015 over requiring criminals to receive prison sentences that provide for a meaningful period on parole supervision.

Three years ago, after a last-minute push by the state’s criminal prosecutors, a proposal to ...

Talk the talk, walk the walk.

More than a handful of bills dealing with the Nebraska Department of Corrections, prison overcrowding and inmate opportunities and services have been introduced to lawmakers this year. Let’s hope that we see more action than words.

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LINCOLN - A group of state senators says the Unicameral must continue to press for legislation to ease overcrowded conditions in Nebraska prisons.

The group held a news conference in the Capitol Rotunda to outline legislation filed for this session, mostly an outgrowth of the work ...

LINCOLN — Senators are making another run at cracking the prison overcrowding problems in Nebraska with a stack of bills being introduced this week.

The justice system oversight committee report showed that while progress has been made in the Department of Correctional Services, more work ...

LINCOLN — Senators introduced a number of criminal justice-themed and Department of Correctional Services-related bills on Wednesday. They included:

Overcrowding emergency

Omaha Sen. Bob Krist introduced a bill (LB675) that would require, beginning July 1, that the governor declare a ...

Nebraska’s prison crunch is decades in the making. A potentially forced resolution of sorts looms much nearer.

By July 1, 2020, Nebraska must have a prison population at or below 140 percent of capacity to avoid a prison overcrowding emergency. If the figure exceeds that, state law ...

While you were busy complaining about the President and Congress and concerning yourself with election results in Alabama and hurricane cleanup in Puerto Rico, here’s what was happening in your backyard.

In case you are interested, we wrap up 2017 in the Cornhusker State with: no beer ...

LINCOLN -- In 2015, two prisoners were killed by fellow inmates in Tecumseh State Prison following a riot on Mother’s Day. Two more inmates were killed in 2017 after inmates took control of part of the maximum security prison.

Some have pointed to overcrowding in prisons as the cause of ...

To address its overcrowded prison system, Wisconsin should convert the beleaguered Lincoln Hills juvenile prison into a treatment facility for adults, a Democratic lawmaker told an unusual bipartisan gathering Wednesday.

Rep. Evan Goyke, D-Milwaukee, also proposed softening parole ...

LINCOLN — State officials unveiled a new, 100-bed inmate dormitory on Thursday that they said would not only reduce prison overcrowding but also decrease repeat crimes.

The 100-bed concrete dorm, which already holds 46 low-risk work-release inmates, was the result of state lawmakers’ calls ...

State officials say addition to Lincoln lockup may reduce number of repeat offenses

LINCOLN — State officials unveiled a new, 100-bed inmate dormitory on Thursday that they said would not only reduce prison overcrowding but decrease repeat crimes.

The 100-bed concrete dorm, which ...

LINCOLN — Overtime hours and turnover rates continued to increase among Nebraska correctional workers this year, despite recent reform efforts.

A report, issued Thursday by the inspector general of the Nebraska correctional system, said it remains in “a significant staffing crisis” that ...

LINCOLN — The ACLU of Nebraska issued an ultimatum to Gov. Pete Ricketts on Monday: Take immediate action to address the state’s chronic prison overcrowding and staff shortages or get sued.

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