NDCS News Releases

NDCS News Releases

Inmate dies at state penitentiary

March 30, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-44)

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

TSCI staff members injured in assault

March 30, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-45)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

TSCI staff members injured in assault

March 29, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – An inmate assaulted two staff members at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI) on March 28, 2020. Both staff members sustained serious* injuries.

The inmate was engaged in behavior in violation of housing unit rules. After being directed to stop multiple times by the first staff member, the inmate approached and punched him several times in the head and...Read more

CSI to begin production of hand sanitizer, gowns and masks

March 23, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-43)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

CSI to begin production of hand sanitizer, gowns and masks

March 23, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – In an effort to meet some of the supply needs that have arisen with the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19), Cornhusker State Industries (CSI)*, which operates the industry shops for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS), will soon begin producing hand sanitizer for utilization by staff members and distribution to other state agencies....Read more

TSCI staff members injured in assault

March 23, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-42)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

TSCI staff members injured in assault

March 22, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Two inmates assaulted four staff members at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI) on the morning of March 21, 2020. One of the staff members sustained a serious* injury.

The incident began when one inmate refused a cell search and appeared to be disposing of homemade alcohol in a toilet. When he physically refused to let staff members into his cell, they...Read more

NDCS suspends inmate visitation amid COVID-19

March 16, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-40)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

NDCS suspends inmate visitation amid COVID-19

March 16, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) -- Visitation with inmates housed in the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) has been suspended indefinitely amid concerns about the coronavirus (COVID-19). NDCS Director Scott. R. Frakes said the decision comes at the right time for limiting the spread of the illness across the agency’s 10 facilities.

“While there is no way to keep it...Read more

Request for information concerning state prison facility publically released

March 16, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-41)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

Request for information concerning state prison facility publically released

March 16, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Today, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) launched a request for information pertaining to the design, construction, and financing for a new state prison facility. The request for information (RFI) has been posted on the Nebraska State Purchasing Bureau website (http://das.nebraska.gov/materiel/purchasing/RFI%203016/...Read more

NDCS inmate dies

March 16, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-39)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

NDCS inmate dies

March 15, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – A 53-year old inmate at the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center (DEC) was taken to the hospital and declared deceased shortly before 8:00 a.m. after being found unresponsive by facility staff this morning.

Shaun Kissack #73787 started serving his sentence on February 2, 2011. He was serving a 58- to 60-year sentence on a charge of first degree sexual assault of a child out of...Read more

Inmate missing from community correctional facility

March 13, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-38)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

Inmate missing from community correctional facility

March 13, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) -- Authorities have been notified about an inmate missing from the Community Corrections Center-Lincoln (CCC-L). Gabriel Magana-Cordova was found to be missing shortly after count was conducted at the facility this morning. Transaction records indicate that he withdrew money from an ATM machine a few hours earlier.

Magana-Cordova started serving...Read more

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