The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) SERVES Team participated in the first annual Staff Empowerment and Resiliency/Victim Education and Support (SERVES) Team Operations Training April 17 through 19. Twenty-fiveteam members, representing all NDCS facilities, gathered to train on the mission, goals and day-to-day operations of the SERVES Team. Because the team is diverse in experience (the range of service includes members who have been on the team from two weeks to 20 years) there was foundational training on the basics of peer support and victim advocacy, as well as more advanced training modules on suicide...Read more

Four members of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) Honor Guard were recently invited to the Every Girl CAN (Choose, Advocate, Navigate) Conference. The team members spoke to middle-school girls about their professions and how to be safe. The girls, from Lincoln, Omaha and Kearney, also learned a few Level II Pressure Point Control Tactic (PPCT) skills.Read more

The Community Justice Center (CJC) completed its 16th Restorative Justice Victims Impact/Empathy life skills class at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI) on April 17. One-hundred percent of class participants rated the class excellent with 80 percent showing empathy and/or insight into the effects their actions have on their victims/community. "It helped me to better understand my continued responsibility and to stay on my path of giving back (repairing the harm I’ve caused)," one participant said.Read more