Nebraska Department of Correctional Services

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Nebraska Department of Correctional Services
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AbbreviationNDCS
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionNebraska, USA
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Map of Nebraska Department of Correctional Services's jurisdiction
Size77,421 square miles (200,520 km2)
Population1,783,432 (2008 est.) [1]
Operational structure
HeadquartersBuilding #1
Lincoln Regional Center
Lincoln, Nebraska
Agency executive
  • Rob Jeffreys, Director
Facilities
Correctional Facilities11
Website
NDCS Website

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) is the state corrections agency for the U.S. state of Nebraska. NDCS currently has 9 institutions confining over 5,000 inmates. All male inmates coming into the system enter through the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center where they are evaluated and assigned to other facilities. All female inmates are housed at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women. The agency's headquarters is in Building #1 in the Lincoln Regional Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. [2]

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Nebraska is one of nine states nationwide having all adult facilities accredited through the American Correctional Association.

Facilities

Previously the department operated juvenile correctional facilities, including the Youth Rehabilitation & Treatment Center–Kearney (YRTC-K) in Kearney, a juvenile correctional facility for boys, [3] and the Youth Rehabilitation & Treatment Center–Geneva (YRTC-G) in unincorporated Fillmore County, near Geneva, for girls. [4] After 23 years of operation from the Department of Correctional Services; on January 1, 1997, the youth correctional facilities were transferred out of the scope of the department; the facilities are now managed by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. [3] [4]

Fallen officers

Since the establishment of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, 6 officers have died in the line of duty. [5]

Death penalty in Nebraska

All executions in Nebraska since 1903 have taken place within the Nebraska State Penitentiary. Prior to 1903, executions were handled in the county where the offense took place. From 1903 to 1913, the means of execution was by hanging. From 1913 it had been by the electric chair until August 14, 2018, when Carey Dean Moore was executed by a lethal injection of fentanyl. [6] A total of 8 inmates were executed by hanging and 15 inmates by means of the electric chair. There have been approximately 68 inmates housed on death row from 1903 to the present.

Death row in Nebraska was housed at NSP from 1903 to 2002 when it was transferred to the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution. Executions still take place at the Penitentiary. Inmates who receive an execution date would be transferred to NSP approximately within a week of that date and would be housed in the penitentiary hospital on what is called the "death watch." While on the death watch, condemned inmates may have special visits from family, friends, religious representatives and attorneys. The visits are supervised by staff assigned to the death watch and take place in the suite of rooms set aside for the condemned inmates. Inmates may also request a special "last meal." Such meals must be prepared from food supplies on hand at the prison.

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References

  1. "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 22, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  2. "2009 NDCS Annual Report Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine ." Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. 1 (3/112). Retrieved on May 3, 2010.
  3. 1 2 "About YRTC-Kearney Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine ." Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services. Retrieved on August 25, 2010.
  4. 1 2 "About YRTC-Geneva." Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services. Retrieved on August 25, 2010.
  5. The Officer Down Memorial Page
  6. "Carey Dean Moore execution: Nebraska becomes first state to use fentanyl in an execution - The Washington Post".