NDCS News Releases

NDCS News Releases

NDCS staff member positive for COVID-19

October 15, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-184)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

October 15, 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 Central Office. That person is self-isolating at home.

Notification will be provided to those who work in that location as to the positive case. In addition, anyone who may have had close contact with the staff member will be directed to...Read more

Lincoln inmate arrested in Omaha

October 14, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-183)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

October 14, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – An inmate who disappeared from the Community Corrections Center-Lincoln (CCC-L) on October 2, 2020 was arrested yesterday by the Omaha Police Department. Officers took Bailey Scruggs #86344 into custody around 9:00 p.m. last night. He faces new charges including theft by unlawful taking and criminal impersonation.

Scruggs started serving his sentence on September 6, 2017. He is serving five to eight years on charges out of Douglas...Read more

NDCS staff members positive for COVID-19

October 13, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-182)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

October 13, 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). Three staff members are employed at the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP). The fourth staff member works at the Omaha Correctional Center (OCC) and the agency’s Central Office. All four individuals are self-isolating at home.

Notification will be provided to those who...Read more

NDCS staff member positive for COVID-19

October 12, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-181)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

October 12, 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 Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI). That person is self-isolating at home.

Notification will be provided to those who live and work in that facility as to the positive case. In addition, anyone who may have had close contact...Read more

NDCS staff members positive for COVID-19

October 10, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-180)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

October 10, 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 Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP). The third person is employed at the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center (DEC). All three staff members are self-isolating at home.

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

Missing NDCS inmate arrested

October 9, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-179)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

October 9, 2020 (Omaha, Neb.) – An inmate who left the Community Corrections Center-Omaha (CCC-O) two months ago, was arrested today by the Douglas County Sheriff’s office. Matthew Saxton #210110 had been missing since August 1, 2020 when he failed to go to his job in the community. At that time, his last known contact was at a girlfriend’s home. He left after they had an argument.

Saxton began serving his sentence on August 19, 2019. He is serving a four to seven year...Read more

NDCS staff member positive for COVID-19

October 8, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-178a)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

October 8, 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). That person is self-isolating at home.

Notification will be provided to those who live and work in that facility as to the positive case. In addition, anyone who may have had close contact with the...Read more

DEC inmate death

October 8, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-178)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

October 8, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Hector Medina-Liborio, 35, died shortly after 7:00 p.m. on October 7, 2020 at the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center (DEC). His sentence started on July 31, 2013. Medina-Liborio was serving a 35- to 50-year sentence for kidnapping and first degree sexual assault of a child out of Douglas County.

While the cause of death has yet to be determined, Medina-Liborio was being treated for a medical condition. As is the case whenever an inmate...Read more

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