Nebraska State Penitentiary

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General Information

Warden

Michele Wilhelm

Public Information Officer

Allyson Bennett: allyson.bennett@nebraska.gov

Phone

402.471.3161

Address

4201 S 14th St

Lincoln, NE 68502

Mailing Address

P.O. Box #22500

Lincoln, NE 68542-2500

About the Facility

The Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP) located in Lincoln, Nebraska is the oldest state correctional facility in Nebraska, opening in 1869. Until after World War I, it was the only adult correctional facility in the state.

During 1980-1981, the existing cellblocks constructed during the second half of the 19th century were replaced by four (later five) modular housing units. A new administrative complex and an EPA approved multi-fuel power plant were also completed at the same time. An existing dormitory building constructed in the 1950's was retained as a medium security facility and two new 100 bed dormitory units were opened in 1998. A 36- bed control unit built in the 1950’s was previously used as a high security segregation facility. In 2020, steps were finalized to transform that space to Minimum A custody general population housing for men who work in the facility’s shops. In addition to housing, a dayroom, gaming room and library/study were added. The Industries Plant, Laundry, Religious Center and other support buildings were retained from the older facility as well.

NSP has been accredited by the American Correctional Association since 1985.

General Information

The inmate population at NSP consists primarily of inmates ranging in age from 21 and older who are serving sentences of varying length. NSP uses the unit management concept designed to improve control and staff/inmate relationships by dividing the larger institution population into smaller, more manageable groups and to improve and personalize the delivery of rehabilitative services. In addition to maximum and medium security inmates, NSP maintains three housing units with minimum security inmates, including a residential substance abuse unit.

Directions to the Facility

From Interstate 80: Take exit 397 to merge onto US-77 S/Homestead Expy toward NE-2/Beatrice/Nebraska City
Turn left onto Pioneers Blvd; Turn right onto 9th St. to Hwy 2; Turn right onto 14th St.

Visiting Hours

Schedule a Visit at NSP

COVID-19 VISITATION

Visitation during the COVID-19 response is limited due to the need to maintain a 6 foot separation/social distance. Facilities have identified the capacity for their visiting rooms and have adjusted their schedules accordingly. To select a time and date for visitation, please click the button above to complete the online form.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN – Be sure to review the following guidelines:

All visitors must be on the inmate’s approved visitor list
Visitors with serious underlying medical conditions are not encouraged to visit
Individuals who are on quarantine/medical isolation status are not permitted to visit
During the facility screening you must be able to answer “no” to the following questions:
- Do you have a cough, shortness of breath or fever?
- Have you had contact with anyone who tested positive for COVID-19 in the previous 14 days?
- Have you traveled internationally in the previous 14 days?
Visitors must bring a mask to wear
Up to two adults are allowed at each visit, per inmate
Children (under age 18) are not permitted
If two adults plan to attend the same visiting session, each person should complete an online form, and include the name of the second person
All visitation requests must be submitted at least seven days prior to the selected date
Visits are assigned on a first come, first serve basis. You will be notified by email at least three days in advance of your approved visit
Be sure to include alternative dates and times for your visit. If your first preference is already filled, staff will try to grant your second or third request
If you need to cancel a visit for any reason, notify the facility as soon as possible

*** NOTE: You will need to arrive prior to your scheduled visitation time in order to be screened and searched. Each facility has established a different arrival time, based on its schedules. Be sure you know when you need to be at the facility you are visiting. Late arrivals will not be processed.

Rules inside the Facility

Must wear mask at all times
Must maintain 6 foot social distance at all times
No touching
No water fountains or vending (food or drink) will be available
No cash permitted
No games/books/cards
No photos

These rules are in place to keep our population and the public safe and healthy. The facility reserves the right to terminate any visit in which the rules are not followed.

Questions pertaining to any of the information above can be directed to the facility. Contact information is available on this page.

Facility Visitation Procedures

The link below will take you to visiting procedures that apply to this facility. Note that some information is not current, based on new visitation guidelines implemented due to COVID-19; however, procedures pertaining to identification documents, approved dress code, authorized items, the visitation approval process and other guidelines pertinent to each facility are still applicable and should be followed.

Visiting Procedures

Programs

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Programs & Services

Below is a brief record of every available program and service provided by this correctional facility. If it there is any additional facility-specific information pertaining to these programs and services, it will be found under the "Additional Information" tab.

**Please keep in mind that if there is no additional information provided by the facility, the "Additional Information" tab will not be displayed.

Program	Description	Type
Anger Management High Risk/Need	Anger Management is available to individuals demonstrating high risk/high needs related to anger. This treatment provides instruction and practice on basic anger control strategies in a group facilitated by clinicians. Needs Addressed: Attitudes; behavior; aggression, mental health	Clinical Treatment
Continuing Care-Sex Offender Program	This program helps participants maintain and strengthen the gains they made in other treatment programs. It also helps participants navigate new challenges and helps support the transition back to a community setting. Also offered on parole. Needs Addressed: Sex Offender conviction	Clinical Treatment
METEOR	This program introduces the concept of stages of change and works to assess and educate participants about which stage they are in and how to move forward. Needs addressed: Attitudes, behavior.	Clinical Treatment
oHeLP Outpatient Sex Offender Program	The Outpatient Healthy Lives Program is available to individuals who are assessed to be at a relatively moderate risk to sexually re-offend. Need Addressed: Sex Offender.	Clinical Treatment
Residential Treatment for Substance Abuse: RTC, SAU, COP	Inmates assigned to residential treatment programs have been identified as having serious substance abuse issues. These programs generally last about six months. Need addressed: Alcohol/drug addiction.	Clinical Treatment
Violence Reduction Aftercare	Follow up to the Violence Reduction Program Need addressed: Attitude/behavior	Clinical Treatment
Violence Reduction Program***	The Violence Reduction Program is an intensive treatment option for individuals at high risk for violent re-offense. Incarcerated individuals with a high risk to re-offend may include those with strong antisocial beliefs or lifestyle, evidence of psychopathy, and/or instrumental violence. Needs Addressed: Aggression; attitudes/behavior	Clinical Treatment
Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP)	The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) is a workshop that that provides insight on anger and relationships; and new ways to address disagreements. Needs Addressed: Attitudes, behavior, family, friends, employment	Non-Clinical Programs
Community Justice Center Victims Impact/Empathy	This program increases a participant's understanding of the harm/damages they caused their victims, communities and themselves. The program also provides an important life skill module that teaches how to become emotionally proficient, which translates into better decision making and reduced conflicts. Needs Addressed: Attitudes; behavior, Life skills.	Non-Clinical Programs
Courage to Change	A series of cognitive-behavioral interactive journals in which participants can address their individual problem areas based on a criminogenic risk and needs assessment. Attitudes/Behavior	Non-Clinical Programs
Destination Dads-Common Sense Parenting	Provides parents with a menu of techniques that will aid them in building positive family relationships; preventing and correcting misbehavior; using consequences to improve behavior. Teaches self-control and how to stay calm. Need addressed: Family	Non-Clinical Programs
Destination Dads-Inside Out Dads	Incarcerated fathers get tools they need to become more involved, responsible, and committed in the lives of their children. Need addressed: Family	Non-Clinical Programs
Destination Dads-Within My Reach	Critical and concrete tools are provided which help participants improve interactions with those who matter in their lives. Subjects are knowing yourself first, smart love and making your own decisions. Need addressed: Family	Non-Clinical Programs
Domesti-PUPS	Participants in Domesti-PUPS train dogs to become service animals for persons with disabilities, pet therapy programs, classroom dogs and education programs. Needs addressed: Pro-social, attitude, behavior	Non-Clinical Programs
Kairos	A leadership experience from a Christian perspective: Needs addressed: Life skills, support, outside interest.	Non-Clinical Programs
Marriage Builders Program	Married couples come together to strengthen their marriages. Need Addressed: Family	Non-Clinical Programs
Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT)	MRT is an evidence-based, cognitive behavioral intervention which leads to enhanced moral reasoning, better decision making and more appropriate behavior. Needs addressed: Attitudes, behavior.	Non-Clinical Programs
Prison Fellowship Academy	This 12-month program operates in a mission-specific housing unit and focuses on cognitive restructuring with faith-based content. Needs addressed; Attitudes, behavior	Non-Clinical Programs
Restorative Justice	This program, hosted by the Community Justice Center, emphasizes the importance of repairing harm caused by criminal behavior. Need addressed: Pro-social; attitudes/behavior.	Non-Clinical Programs
Restrictive Housing Peer Mentoring Program	This pilot program will provide individuals assigned to longer term restrictive housing (LTRH) status access to trained peer mentors from general population inmates, as a means to aid them in transitioning to general population and increasing their chances of succeeding.	Non-Clinical Programs
Second Chance Pups	Second Chance Pups selects inmate volunteers to train dogs in basic obedience while providing human socialization and interaction with other dogs. Needs addressed: Pro-social/outside interest; attitudes; behavior.	Non-Clinical Programs
The Challenge Program	The Challenge Program (TCP) (formerly known as Close Management Units) is Mission Specific Housing that provides a controlled and highly structured alternative to restrictive housing for individuals who have demonstrated an institutional history of violent and/or Security Threat Group (STG) behavior. TCP is incentive-based and requires participants to engage in non-clinical programming and meet behavior expectations to progress through each phase. Needs Addressed: Attitudes; behavior.	Non-Clinical Programs
Thinking for a Change	Thinking for a Change is a high-level cognitive behavioral program developed by the National Institute of Corrections. The program uses role playing to concentrate on changing the criminogenic thinking of offenders. Needs addressed: Attitudes; behavior; family; friends; aggression.	Non-Clinical Programs
Transformation Project	The Transformation Project is transition and reentry program aimed at promoting positive behavior during incarceration and preparing participants for transition back into the community. Self-study modules are available for incarcerated individuals in long-term restrictive housing. Needs addressed: Attitudes, behavior, re-entry.	Non-Clinical Programs
Adult Basic Education	Adult Basic Education assists adult incarcerated students work toward high school equivalency, or refresh skills regardless of diploma status. Need Addressed: Education	Education Programs
ESL/ELL	English as a second language (ESL) is designed to aid those students not fluent in English learn to speak, read, hear and write the language so they can better function in society. Needs addressed: Education; life skills	Education Programs
High School	NDCS operates its own school district with a high school. Students of all ages may attend high school classes. Individuals under 22 who have not graduated from high school are required to be in school. Students over 22 need to go through an application process. Need addressed: Education.	Education Programs
7th Step	7th Step is a self-betterment club that allows members to discuss and work on issues that hold them back from their best selves. Addresses issues that participants are interested in working on. Topics can include drug use, anger, family issues and more. Need Addressed: Support	Pro-Social Activities
AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)	AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) is an organization which encourages members to read, and listen at meetings using the program as an opportunity to face the truth and become accountable for their addiction to alcohol. Need Addressed: Support for addiction and prosocial activity	Pro-Social Activities
Advanced Hero's Journey Program	Participants write their own story with themselves as the main character. Needs Addressed: Education; pro-social	Pro-Social Activities
Circle of Concerned Lifers	This club is organized and operated by a group of individuals serving lengthy or life sentences, with the focus on mentoring others and lowering recidivism. The club's goals and activities encourage a purposeful life and promote a healthier culture within the facility.	Pro-Social Activities
Harambee African Cultural Organization (HACO)	This self-betterment club provides an opportunity to explore the root of the African American culture and heritage, including the past, present and future. Need addressed: Outside interest, pro-social activity	Pro-Social Activities
Intentional Peer Support	Helps individuals recover from mental illness, addiction, or trauma with the assistance fo someone who has similar life experiences. Needs addressed: Attitudes/Behavior; Prosocial Activities	Pro-Social Activities
Lifer's Club	Provides a useful medium for lifers to work together toward constructive goals. Needs addressed: Support; pro-social/outside interest.	Pro-Social Activities
MATA Club (Mexican Awareness Through Association)	Participants in this self-betterment club learn about the religious, cultural aspects, arts, customs, crafts, language, and the heritage of the Hispanic people. Needs addressed: Outside interest and support.	Pro-Social Activities
Narcotics Anonymous	Narcotics Anonymous encourages its members to attend meetings, read and listen to speakers to face the truth and be accountable for their addictions. Need addressed: Drug addiction support; pro-social/outside interest.	Pro-Social Activities
Native Americans Spiritual and Cultural Awareness Group (NASCA)	NASCA is designed to help Native Americans express their uniqueness of cultural and spiritual practices. Participants are given the chance to learn how to sing, pray and dance from a Native perspective. Needs address: Pro-social/outside interest and support.	Pro-Social Activities
Outlaw's Journey Writing Program	The Outlaws Journey Writing Program gives participants the opportunity to be the hero of their life journey, and to be the main character of their own story. Needs addressed: Pro-social and support.	Pro-Social Activities
Prison Fellowship	Provides faith based speakers and mentoring to incarcerated individuals. Needs addressed: Prosocial/Outside Interest, support.	Pro-Social Activities
Religious Classses and activities	Variety of classes, workshops and religious services designed to help inmates with support and spiritual development. Needs addressed: Pro-social, support.	Pro-Social Activities
Sports/Recreation Activities	A variety of activities that encourage health pastimes are offered at all facilities. Please check with recreational specialists for more information. Needs addressed: Pro-social/outside interest; health.	Pro-Social Activities
Toastmasters	Toastmasters empowers people to improve communication and leadership skills, find the courage to change, achieve their full potential, and realize their dreams. Needs addressed: Pro-social; outside interest; attitude; behavior.	Pro-Social Activities
Veteran's Group	The Veteran's Group aims to assist all veterans and honorary members, including veterans of the United States of America and its Allies Forces in addition to their dependents and the widows and orphans of deceased veterans. The group provides opportunities for veterans to find employment upon release. Need Addressed: Employment	Pro-Social Activities
Assistance for Social Security Application	Social workers provide assistance in obtaining and completing Social Security applications to individuals who qualify and are 90 days from discharge, post-release supervision or parole. Need addressed: Re-entry for those who may qualify for Social Security benefits due to age or disability.	Reentry Services
Discharge Planning	Reentry specialists work with individuals to ensure a reentry plan is completed. The plan allows for a smooth transition to the community and focuses on housing, transportation, employment, education, and medical/mental health services as needed. Need addressed: Re-entry	Reentry Services
Reentry planning	Clients develop comprehensive reentry plans that include housing/transitional living, employment/education, transportation, ID credentials, medical/mental and behavioral health treatment. Need addressed: Reentry.	Reentry Services
Vocational and Life Skills Programming	See non-clinical programs list for more details.	Reentry Services
Clinical Treatment Programs	See clinical programs list for more details.
Crisis Intervention	Provided on an as-needed basis, clinicians are available to assist individuals in a mental health crisis. Needs Addressed: Mental health.
Individual/Group Psychotherapy	Licensed, clinical therapists provide one-on-one or group therapy sessions as needed. Need addressed: mental health
Risk Assessment/ Psychological Evaluations	Risk Assessments and Psychological Evaluations provide diagnosis clarification, intelligence testing and Dementia screening. Need addressed: Mental Health; education.
Skilled Nursing Facility	On-call Skilled Nursing Facilities manage crises dealing with medical emergencies, behavioral issues and suicide watches. Needs addressed: Health and mental health.
Transition Services	Transition Services are available to those transitioning to or from general population or protective management. Mental Health professionals may assists with these services. Need Addressed: Mental Health
Community Coordination	Social workers coordinate with a variety of community providers and agencies for mental health services, substance abuse treatment and medical services. Providers include the Veteran's Administration, DHHS, treatment agencies, private practice and non-profit organizations. Needs Addressed: Housing, medical, mental health, basic needs, re-entry.	Social Work Services
Living Needs	Social workers assist individuals with high medical/mental health needs to find clothing resources, apply for benefits or general assistance and other life needs. Needs addressed: Social work services.	Social Work Services
Medical Services Coordination	Social workers assist individuals with high medical needs to set appointments for medication management, healthcare and provide resources to obtain medical insurance upon release: Needs addressed: Health, mental health, life skills, re-entry.	Social Work Services
Specialized Housing Services	Social workers provide assistance to individuals with high medical/mental health needs to obtain transitional living, assisted living or skilled nursing care, as needed. Needs addressed: Re-entry	Social Work Services
Specialized Population Served	Specialized Population Served offers services for inmates with mental illness or serious chronic medical conditions that are high risk and multi-needs. Needs addressed: Health; mental health	Social Work Services
ABC Applied Construction Math	This program provides learning in the area of construction math such as division, decimals/percentages, reading measurements, calculating area, linear measures, angles, volume, solving for the unknown. Need Addressed: Employment	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
ABC Construction: Construction Technology***	Introduces masonry, carpentry, electrical, HVAC and plumbing. Need Addressed: Employment	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
ABC Construction: OSHA Construction	This program provides an overview of safety applications on a construction site as well as training on governmental regulations. Need Addressed: Employment	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
ABC Core Curriculum	This program includes basic construction safety; introduction to construction math, hand tools, power tools, construction drawings, rigging; communication skills; and material handling. Need addressed: Employment	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
Associated Linen Management Certification	Teaches skills in the area of laundry management. Need Addressed: Employment	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
Cabinet Maker Apprentice	Apprenticeship for learning carpentry skills. Need addressed: Employment	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
Chemical Operator Apprenticeship	Instruction and training to operate or tend chemical equipment to control chemical changes or reactions in the processing of institutional janitorial chemical products. Need addressed: Employment	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
Compassion in Action Pre-Release Education and Reentry Preparation	The class helps participants realize that although they made mistakes and poor choices, that they are worthwhile and matter. That by investing in themselves through service, they can find fulfillment.	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
Forklift Certification	Training in how to use and operate a forklift. Need addressed: Employment	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
Furniture Finisher Apprenticeship	Instruction and training in shaping, finishing, and refinishing damaged, warn or used furniture or new high grade furniture to specification. Need Addressed: Employment	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
Health Course	This program, delivered by a wellness expert, provides workshops on preventative health education and nutrition, such as Men's Birth Control; Date Abuse; Bullying; Gender Boxes; and Hygiene. Need addressed: Health.	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
Laundry Machine Mechanic	Training in industrial mechanics Needs Addressed: Employment	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
Machine Operator Apprenticeship	Instruction and training to operate and tender multiple machine tools setters. Need addressed: Employment	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
Materials Coordinator Apprenticeship	Training in material handling including shipping and receiving. Need addressed: Employment	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
Mental Health Association Wellness and Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)	Discusses deescalation; decision making and consequences; how trauma has affected a person; and how to overcome negative ways of dealing with stressful situations and crises. Need addressed: Life skills.	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
Reconnect: Success Prep	Helps participants examine behaviors and attitudes that may have contributed to their incarceration and focus on skills critical to reentry. Needs addressed: Attitudes, behavior, life skills.	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
Released and Restored	Released and Restored provides life skills training for employment, finances and consumer education. The program also focuses on helping individuals learn critical thinking skills, recognize distorted thinking and develop techniques to address problem areas. Needs Addressed: Support; pro-social/outside interest	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
RISE	This program targets entrepreneurial-minded individuals and offers intensive leadership development, business plan competitions, executive mentoring, financial investment, and startup incubation. Needs addressed: Life skills; employment.	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
TRADE Program: Vocational and Life Skills Program ***	The TRADE Program teaches conflict resolution; critical thinking; communication; personal finance; healthy relationships; basic computer; job preparation. Needs Addressed: Life skills; employment.	Vocational/Life Skills Programs
Welding Apprenticeship	Teaches welding skills. Need addressed: Employment	Vocational/Life Skills Programs

Additional Information

The NSP offers a variety of education/rehabilitation programs designed to enhance an inmate's chances for successful community adjustment upon release. These include:

Educational/Life Skills and Vocational Programs
Self-Improvement (Mental Health and Control Unit Program)
Residential and Non-Residential Substance Abuse Treatment
Residential Treatment Community (RTC)
Religious Programming and Self-Betterment Activities
Support Services

The NSP is the site of major components of the Agency's Cornhusker State Industries (CSI) program.

Security Levels: Maximum, Medium and Minimum Custody

Education

(Educational services are provided by the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services in conjunction with the Nebraska Department of Education)

Adult Basic Education
College Courses
English as a Second Language
General Educational Development (GED)

Life Skills/Vocational:

Employability
Money Smart
Inside Out Dads (Parenting)

Self-improvement:

Non-Residential Treatment Services (NRTS)
Residential Treatment Community (RTC)
Mental Health
Religious Programming (Catholic, Protestant, Native-American, Islam, Asatru/Theodish, House of Yahweh, Thelema, Jehovah's Witness, MA’AT , Buddhist, Latter Day Saints, Native-American and Wiccan)
Self-Betterment Clubs. (Ethnic/Cultural Awareness, Service and Recreational)
The Segregation LEVELS Incentive Program
Second Chance PUPS. For additional information on the dog obedience training program contact: NSP-Acting Public Information Officer Kimberly.McGill@nebraska.gov

Other Support Services available to inmates at the NSP include:

Athletics & Recreation
Recreation Library/Law Library

Cornhusker State Industries

Braille
Furniture production
Metal fabrication
License Plate production
Soap/Detergent manufacturing
Laundry

CSI products/services are available to any governmental and non-profit entities.

Private Venture

There are several Private Venture companies located on Prison grounds, etc. These Inmate-employees, in turn, pay State and Federal taxes and contribute to the costs of their "room and board" at the facility. Part of their income goes into a Victim's Reparation Fund, as well as towards financial support of their families or in savings.

News

Agency partnerships provide IDs to those preparing for release

October 29, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (19-67)

CONTACTS: Adam Eakin/DMV Project & Information Manager, adam.eakin@nebraska.gov

Laura Strimple/NDCS Chief of Staff, laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

Erika Hill/NDCS Communications Director, erika.hill@nebraska.gov

Video can be found here .

Agency partnerships provide IDs to those preparing for release

October 29, 2019 (Lincoln, Neb.) A partnership between the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) and the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has reached a new level in assisting those who...Read more

NDCS launches new bonuses to address staffing at Nebraska State Penitentiary

October 24, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (19-66)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

NDCS launches new bonuses to address staffing at Nebraska State Penitentiary

October 24, 2019 (Lincoln, Neb.) Today, Scott R. Frakes said the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) would immediately launch substantial new initiatives to hire and retain protective service staff members at its three largest male facilities. The announcement comes as the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP) moves into modified operations* to allow for...Read more

Warden Charlie West ready to "take it easy"

October 4, 2019

For more than four decades, Warden Charlie West has been an instrumental part of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS). Today, he retires.

West started his career out as a correctional officer in 1977. That’s the same year of the New York City blackout and the year Elvis Presley died. The average cost of a new house was $49,300 and a gallon of Gas was 65 cents. It was a different time then, but one full of endless possibilities for West.

“Looking back on my 42 years here at NDCS, it’s been good,” said West. “I’ve seen a lot of good changes, especially with programming for the incarcerated...Read more

Inmate death at the Nebraska State Penitentiary

September 25, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (19-60)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

Inmate death at the Nebraska State Penitentiary

September 25, 2019 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Jay Witt #81156, age 53, died today at 4:16 p.m. at the Nebraska State Penitentiary. His sentence began on October 22, 2014. Witt was serving a 30- to 40-year sentence stemming from charges out of Douglas County including: manslaughter, use of a deadly weapon and possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person.

While the cause of death has not been...Read more

Men at NSP donate to good cause

September 23, 2019

The men living at the Nebraska State Penitentiary wanted to give back to the Nebraska United Way charitable giving campaign this month.

In just four hours, they raised nearly $500.

The money raised will go to help a variety of non-profit organizations across the state.

Thank You!Read more

Additional contraband seized in multi-agency prison search

September 18, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (19-57)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

September 18, 2019 (Lincoln, Neb.) More contraband has been confiscated as a result of a day-long, highly coordinated, multi-agency search of the Nebraska State Penitentiary. Members of the Nebraska State Patrol and Lincoln Police Department (LPD) joined staff members from the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) in an operation that was “more than a month in the planning,” said Director Scott R. Frakes.

“This was a first-of-its-kind operation for Nebraska’s prison...Read more

Staff member demonstrates proper search techniques

STA students get hands-on experience

September 13, 2019

Thirty new employees to NDCS received a unique, hands-on experience last week. Instead of reporting, as usual, to the Staff Training Academy (STA), they went to the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP) to assist with cell searches.

“This was a great opportunity to gain institutional knowledge in a not so routine situation,” said Ken Sturdy, Training and Development Manager at STA. “We talk a lot at the academy about what can happen, but this was a real chance for them to see what it’s really like. It’s great exposure to the world of corrections that many might not see outside their normal line of work.”

Learning how...Read more

NDCS Director reveals contraband confiscated in searches

September 11, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (19-54)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

NDCS Director reveals contraband confiscated in searches

September 11, 2019 (Lincoln, Neb.) -- Today, Director of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) Scott R. Frakes, released photos of some of the contraband confiscated during recent searches conducted at the Nebraska State Penitentiary. During that time, the facility was placed on lockdown*, all inmate movement was stopped and outside visitation to the penitentiary...Read more

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