NDCS News Releases

NDCS News Releases

NDCS staff members positive for COVID-19

November 5, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-206)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

November 5, 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). The staff members are employed at the following locations: Omaha Correctional Center (OCC), Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI), Lincoln Correctional Center (LCC) and the Community Corrections Center-Lincoln (CCC-L). All staff members are self-isolating at home....Read more

Deadline approaches to apply for new NDCS grant

November 5, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-205)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

November 5, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – A quick deadline is approaching for applicants who wish to take part in a new grant program provided through the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS). Submissions are due Wednesday, November 25, 2020.

The Vocational and Pre-Apprenticeship Grant Program was funded with a $500,000 appropriation from the Nebraska Legislature. It provides preparatory training programs, pre-apprenticeship programs or other paid training that...Read more

Deadline approaches to apply for new NDCS grant

November 5, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-205)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

November 5, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – A quick deadline is approaching for applicants who wish to take part in a new grant program provided through the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS). Submissions are due Wednesday, November 25, 2020.

The Vocational and Pre-Apprenticeship Grant Program was funded with a $500,000 appropriation from the Nebraska Legislature. It provides preparatory training programs, pre-apprenticeship programs or other paid training that...Read more

NDCS staff members positive for COVID-19

November 4, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-204)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

November 4, 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 Work Ethic Camp (WEC). The second employee works at the Omaha Correctional Center (OCC). Both staff members are self-isolating at home.

Notification will be provided to those who live and work in those facilities as to the positive...Read more

Missing inmate arrested

November 4, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-203)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

November 4, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – An inmate who walked away from the Community Corrections Center-Lincoln (CCC-L) the evening of November 3, 2020, has been arrested. Authorities located Reece Stack #74348 in Lincoln and planned to return him to the custody of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS).

Stack started serving his sentence on September 26, 2011. He is serving 19- to 20-years on a charge of second degree assault out of Dodge County. He has a...Read more

Inmate missing from community correctional facility

November 3, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-202)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

November 3, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) -- Authorities have been notified about an inmate who walked away from the Community Corrections Center-Lincoln (CCC-L) around 7:30 p.m. tonight.

Reece Stack #74348 started serving his sentence on September 26, 2011. He is serving 19- to 20-years on a charge of second degree assault out of Dodge County. He has a tentative release date of April 30, 2022.

Stack is a white man, 5’6”, 161 lbs., with brown hair and blue eyes. Anyone...Read more

NDCS staff members positive for COVID-19

November 3, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-201)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

November 3, 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 Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI). The second employee works at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women (NCCW). Both staff members are self-isolating at home.

Notification will be provided to those who live and work...Read more

NDCS staff members positive for COVID-19

November 2, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-200)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

November 2, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Today, Director Scott R. Frakes announced that three staff members with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) are positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). Two staff members are employed at the Work Ethic Camp and one person is employed at the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP). All three staff members are self-isolating at home.

Notification will be provided to those who live and work in those facilities as to the...Read more

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