nebraska state penitentiary

Ricketts Insists Tax Windfall Will Cover The Cost Of His Programs

Nebraska’s largest and oldest state prison lost running water because of a plumbing issue, forcing inmates and staffers to use bottled water and portable…

Employees at two Nebraska prisons will have to work longer shifts and may be asked to clock in at a facility where they don’t normally work to compensate…

Nebraska is inching closer to building a new, $230 million prison after state lawmakers approved design and planning money for the proposed facility to…

The director of Nebraska’s prison system has unveiled plans to convert the state’s oldest prison into a minimum-security facility, but he says the plan…

There are now more than 34-thousand COVID-19 cases in Nebraska. Officials confirmed 293 new cases yesterday, bringing the statewide total to…

Five years after Nebraska lawmakers approved a sweeping plan to reduce prison crowding, state officials are only marginally closer to fixing the problem…

Officials say three people have been arrested after a package containing tobacco, cellphones and synthetic marijuana were thrown over over a wall of the…

Nearly 800 Nebraska State Penitentiary inmates _ more than half the Lincoln prison’s population _ have signed a petition sent to state officials and…