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​NDCS staff member positive for COVID-19

July 26, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-103)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

NDCS staff member positive for COVID-19

July 26, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Today, Director Scott R. Frakes announced that a staff member with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) is positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). The staff member is employed at the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP). The person is self-isolating at home.

Notification will be provided to those who work and live in the facility as to the new positive case. In...Read more

Inmate missing from community correctional facility

July 24, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-102)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

Inmate missing from community correctional facility

July 24, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) -- Authorities have been notified about an inmate who walked away from the Community Corrections Center-Lincoln (CCC-L) around 6:30 p.m. on July 23, 2020. A facility staff member reported spotting Scott Underwood #89985 at South Coddington and West Van Dorn Street. Additional staff members searched the area but were not able to locate him.

Underwood began serving his sentence on July 30,...Read more

NDCS staff members positive for COVID-19

July 23, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-101)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

NDCS staff members positive for COVID-19

July 23, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Today, Director Scott R. Frakes announced that four staff members with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) are positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). They are employed in the following institutions: Lincoln Correctional Center (LCC), Diagnostic and Evaluation Center (DEC), Omaha Correctional Center (OCC) and the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP). All four individuals...Read more

​NDCS staff member positive for COVID-19

July 21, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-100)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

NDCS staff member positive for COVID-19

July 21, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Today, Director Scott R. Frakes announced that a staff member with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) is positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). The staff member is employed at the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP). The person is self-isolating at home.

Notification will be provided to those who work and live in the facility as to the new positive case. In...Read more

NDCS exec to serve as officer for national organization

July 21, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-99) CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

NDCS exec to serve as officer for national organization

July 21, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb) – An executive team member from the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) will lead the marketing committee for the National Correctional Industries Association (NCIA). As deputy director for NDCS, Jeremy Elder oversees operations at Cornhusker State Industries (CSI), Federal Surplus Property and the NDCS engineering division. His new role on the NCIA board of directors as vice president of...Read more

NDCS staff members positive for COVID-19

July 20, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-98)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

NDCS staff members positive for COVID-19

July 20, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Today, Director Scott R. Frakes announced that two staff members with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) are positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). One staff member is currently between facility assignments. The second staff member is employed at the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP). Both individuals are self-isolating at home.

Notification will be provided to...Read more

NDCS staff member positive for COVID-19

July 18, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-97)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

NDCS staff member positive for COVID-19

July 18, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Today, Director Scott R. Frakes announced that a staff member with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) is positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). The staff member is employed at the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP). The person is self-isolating at home.

Notification will be provided to those who work and live in the facility as to the new positive case. In...Read more

​NDCS staff members positive for COVID-19

July 17, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-96)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

NDCS staff members positive for COVID-19

July 17, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Today, Director Scott R. Frakes announced that two staff members with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) are positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). One staff member is employed at the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP). The second teammate is employed at the Lincoln Correctional Center (LCC). They are both self-isolating at home.

Notification will be provided to...Read more

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