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Reception and Treatment Center

The Reception and Treatment Center
Public Information Officer
April Hart
DCS.RTCPublicInformation@nebraska.gov

3218 West Van Dorn Street
Lincoln, NE 68542
United States

PO Box 22800
Lincoln, NE 68542-2800
United States

402.471.2861
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The Reception and Treatment Center (RTC) opened in 2022 and represents the joining of the former Diagnostic and Evaluation Center and the Lincoln Correctional Center, both of which originally opened in 1979. The RTC is the agency’s Center of Excellence in the administration of health services. 

Phase two of the RTC expansion opened in late 2022 and includes 384 beds designed for individuals who require the highest level of general population security. In 2026, a 64-bed mental health unit and a 32-bed geriatric unit opened, each designed to support the unique needs of the population. Also in 2026, a 30-bed unit was renovated to serve as the agency's secure youth unit.

One area of the RTC is designated for intake operations for all males inmates, including those sentenced to the custody of NDCS, parole returnees, apprehended escapees, interstate transfer admissions/returnees, county safekeepers and 90-day evaluators sentenced by the court for assessment.

The medium/maximum-security facility also accommodates populations requiring specialized housing, including: protective management, residential mental health and acute/subacute and chronic mental health treatment.  The RTC has the agency’s only residential substance abuse treatment unit for males.
 

 

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Warden Craig Gable

In February 2025, Craig Gable was appointed warden of the Reception and Treatment Center (RTC), a male facility that includes intake, general population, and the agency’s healthcare center of excellence. 

Warden Gable joined NDCS in 2011 as a corrections officer. His NDCS career has spanned seven facilities, where he has held positions that include corporal, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, assistant warden and warden.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in multidisciplinary studies from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a master’s degree in public administration from Bellevue University. Warden Gable is also a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha Certified Public Manager Program.

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