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NDCS staff member tests positive for COVID-19

April 4, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Today, Director Scott R. Frakes announced that a staff member in the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) has tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). The staff member is employed at the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP) and has been isolated at home for the past 10 days.

This is the first confirmed case of COVID-19 to be...Read more

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CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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Inmate dies at hospital

April 1, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) -- Jackson Hedrick # 83236, age 27, died at the hospital around 8:30 a.m. on April 1, 2020. He was incarcerated at the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP). Hedrick’s sentence started on December 10, 2015. He was serving a 20- to 30-year sentence out of Lancaster County for first degree sexual assault of a minor.

The cause of death has not been determined. As is the case...Read more

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CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

Inmate dies at state penitentiary

March 27, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – John Funaro #83207, age 63, died just after 11:00 a.m. on March 27, 2020 at the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP). His sentence started on August 1, 2016. Funaro was serving a 15- to 20-year sentence for charges out of Webster and Buffalo counties that included multiple counts for theft and burglary.

The manner of death is suspected to be natural causes...Read more