Nebraska

Corrections Director Scott Frakes announced Tuesday that prison officials have completed 13 of the 83 recommended actions

Corrections Department Director Scott Frakes praised the courage of the officers awarded

The new machine will allow inmates to add information themselves and print out an accurate booking card

Argued that a ballot measure to reinstate the punishment is invalid because Gov. Pete Ricketts, who helped bankroll the petition drive, wasn't listed as a sponsor

Attorneys for John Lotter said in federal court Tuesday that there are unanswered legal questions

He did not give a reason for his resignation

Attack occurred Monday after the officer ordered the inmate to stand for a search

Nebraska's prison population could start to decline under a new law that increases the use of probation for nonviolent offenders

Nebraskans for the Death Penalty said it had gathered 166,692 signatures from all 93 of the state's counties

Hastings leaders have vowed to help find workers to staff a proposed behavioral health treatment center for prison inmates, if it were placed in the south-central Nebraska city

Longer shifts started after a prison riot, and have not gone back down three months later

It's unclear if any of those inmates will be required to return to prison to complete their sentences

Lancaster County District judge said Nikko Jenkins, 28, failed to serve the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services with notice of the lawsuit, as required by law