Incarcerated individuals at the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP) are participating in the Hero’s Journey Prison Writing Project.

The Hero’s Journey Prison Writing Project is a volunteer-based writing program intended to help inmates explore their lives more honestly, reinterpret their motives and behaviors so they might have a more beneficial incarceration and, ultimately, be one of the programs which facilitates their successful transition into society.

This is a 14-week class and this is the third cohort of students in the program. Overall, 17 incarcerated individuals have already completed the course at NSP...Read more

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Physician’s Assistant Peggy Antley completes paperwork at the Omaha Correctional Center (OCC). Antley has been with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) since 2012. Her job duties include providing patient care, making diagnoses, prescribing medications and procedures and making medical referrals. “This is a population of people the community is more than willing to forget about,” Antley said. “I just can’t forget about them.” #NDCSTeamMemberSpotlightRead more