Each May, the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP) Employee Activities Committee (EAC) celebrates Employee Appreciation Month in various ways, including hosting a BBQ, and providing pizza and popcorn to teammates. COVID-19 has impacted the ability to provide these options but that hasn’t discouraged our EAC team from recognizing our team members in other COVID-19 friendly ways! Each week in May, the EAC distributes snacks to NSP teammates and recognizes one NSP team member as the Employee of the Week. EAC members handed out a baggie of tootsie rolls to each NSP team member. On each baggie, it says, “Thanks for the ‘roll’ you play...Read more

NDCS teammates are essential workers.

They work through holidays, weekends and pandemics.

The work they do, the rehabilitation and health services they offer, the job skills they help incarcerated individuals to create all go to #KeepPeopleSafe.

#ThankYou for what you do. Every. Single. Day.

To watch this video of appreciation, click this YouTube link HERE.

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When one door closes, another one opens. That’s what transitioning jobs was like for Registered Nurse Becky Brinson when the urgent care clinic she worked at for more than 26 years closed down. She looked to the future and stepped into a new career at the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) Lincoln Correctional Center (LCC). “I started at NDCS in 2017. I worked in family practice and urgent care in the past and was ready for something different.”

Brinson said when she started at NDCS, she was surprised at how appreciative the incarcerated population was for the care they received. “They are thankful we...Read more