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SCC: expanding higher education

March 21, 2024

This spring, 229 individuals in our facilities are Southeast Community College (SCC) Bobcats, thanks to a partnership with SCC to expand higher…

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  • Reception and Treatment Center (RTC)
  • Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP)
  • Community Corrections Center - Lincoln (CCC-L)
  • Nebraska Correctional Center for Women - NCCW
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TSCI Graduates three Domesti-PUPS

March 20, 2024

Copper, Gerry and Pepper officially graduated this month! Kudos to the men at the Tecumseh State Correctional Facility who brought these dogs to this…

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  • Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI)
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Clinical Psychologists Needed

March 20, 2024

Making a difference in the field of behavioral and mental health starts with #People like you! NDCS has various career opportunities for those…

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  • Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI)
  • Reception and Treatment Center (RTC)
  • Omaha Correctional Center - (OCC)
  • Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP)
  • Nebraska Correctional Youth Facility (NCYF)
  • Nebraska Correctional Center for Women - NCCW
  • Community Corrections Center - Omaha (CCC-O)
  • Community Corrections Center - Lincoln (CCC-L)
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Class 224 graduates from STA

March 19, 2024

Today we welcomed the newest NDCS teammates — Class 224! Sound correctional policies are foundational to the work we do, and this cohort spent the…

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  • Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI)
  • Reception and Treatment Center (RTC)
  • Omaha Correctional Center - (OCC)
  • Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP)
  • Nebraska Correctional Youth Facility (NCYF)
  • Nebraska Correctional Center for Women - NCCW
  • Community Corrections Center - Omaha (CCC-O)
  • Community Corrections Center - Lincoln (CCC-L)
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Strategic Planning: Physical Plants

March 19, 2024

Physical space and security measures are key to achieving the agency’s mission: Keep people safe. #PhysicalPlants #StrategicPlanning

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  • Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI)
  • Reception and Treatment Center (RTC)
  • Omaha Correctional Center - (OCC)
  • Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP)
  • Nebraska Correctional Youth Facility (NCYF)
  • Nebraska Correctional Center for Women - NCCW
  • Community Corrections Center - Omaha (CCC-O)
  • Community Corrections Center - Lincoln (CCC-L)
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Strategic Planning: Policies

March 18, 2024

Sound correctional policies enable NDCS to fulfill our mission to keep people safe. Policies based on best practices and national correctional…

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  • Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI)
  • Reception and Treatment Center (RTC)
  • Omaha Correctional Center - (OCC)
  • Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP)
  • Nebraska Correctional Youth Facility (NCYF)
  • Nebraska Correctional Center for Women - NCCW
  • Community Corrections Center - Omaha (CCC-O)
  • Community Corrections Center - Lincoln (CCC-L)
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We've partnered with SCC

March 15, 2024

We’ve partnered with Southeast Community College (SCC) to expand higher education access to individuals incarcerated in five southeast Nebraska…

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NDCS and Southeast Community College launch Prison Education Program partnership

March 15, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (24-11) CONTACT Dayne Urbanovsky, Director of Strategic Communications, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services  …

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  • Community Corrections Center - Lincoln (CCC-L)
  • Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP)
  • Reception and Treatment Center (RTC)
  • Nebraska Correctional Center for Women - NCCW
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Strategic Planning: Programs

March 13, 2024

More than 90% of the individuals incarcerated in Nebraska prisons will return to the community at some point. With an average sentence length of…

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Join our mission

March 12, 2024

Keep people safe. It's our mission and we're proud to share about it. Lt. Jeff Seeley represented NDCS and the Tecumseh State Correctional…

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