Appointed: March 14, 2005
Nebraska Dept of Correctional Services
P.O. Box 94661
Lincoln, NE 68509-4661
(402) 471-2654
Community Corrections Center - Lincoln
Community Corrections Center - Omaha
Diagnostic & Evaluation Center
Lincoln Correctional Center
Nebraska Correctional Center for Women
Nebraska Correctional Youth Facility
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Omaha Correctional Center
Tecumseh State Correctional Institution
Work Ethic Camp
Nebraska Correctional Youth Facility (NCYF) is a maximum, medium and minimum security facility. The NCYF came into existence in 1994 with Legislative Bill 988, which created the Office of Juvenile Services and established the requirement to plan for the construction of a Secure Youth Confinement Facility. Subsequently the facility was transferred to the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. The NCYF received its first inmates in August 1998.
NCYF is a maximum, medium and minimum security facility designed for youthful offenders from early adolescence to age 21 years, 10 months. The buildings encompass approximately 54,000 square feet with a construction cost of approximately $10.8 million. The NCYF received its original accreditation by the American Correctional Association (ACA) in May 2000, and undergoes reaccreditation every three years.
The construction and maintenance section of NCYF insures the physical plant is maintained in good condition and makes any alterations or additions necessary to operate a safe, clean, and efficient facility.
Support services include food service, staff development, recreation, and records management. The food service department provides inmates with three meals daily, which are nutritionally designed to meet the needs of youthful offenders. These meals are prepared under sanitary conditions with the assistance of inmates working in the food service department. All NCYF staff receive the required number of training hours per year as outlined in the ACA Standards. All inmate records are secured in the Records Manager's office and are managed in a confidential manner. Inmates have the opportunity to participate in a variety of recreational activities seven days a week.
Custody and Unit Management are major operational areas within the NCYF with a focus on management, programming and discipline that protects staff, inmates and the public. Rules and regulations are in place, and inmates housed at the facility are expected to follow them. Violations of rules may result in disciplinary hearings. Disciplinary action from such hearings may mean a loss of certain privileges and/or reclassification to a higher custody level. Maintaining safety and security is the responsibility of all staff.
Per diem includes youthful offender wages, clothing, cleaning supplies, food and food supplies, inmate transportation, and other offender related institutional supplies.
Youthful offenders may apply to participate in community custody programs to include work detail, work release or education release. The application is reviewed by the unit classification committee and by the Institution's Warden.
As provided in State Statute 83-905, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) has oversight and control of the Nebraska Correctional Youth Facility (NCYF). NCYF is a physically secure facility designed to provide confinement, education, and treatment for youthful offenders (males, age 18 and under) who have been committed to the NDCS. All male offenders sentenced by the District Courts of the State of Nebraska are received at the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center (DEC) in Lincoln. At DEC their commitment order is verified. They are assigned an inmate number, photographed, and fingerprinted and they also receive an initial medical screening and provide a DNA sample, if required. Any personal property that can’t be taken to NCYF is either mailed out, at the inmate’s expense, or destroyed. All DEC intake procedures apply upon arrival. After completion of the above, youthful offenders are immediately transferred to NCYF. Upon arrival at NCYF the youthful offender completes additional in-processing documents, is assigned a room, receives his clothing and bedding, and any personal property brought with him is inventoried. He is then assigned to orientation for approximately 30 days. While in orientation youthful offenders receive briefings from each department to actuate them to prison life. After orientation they are placed in general population.
In addition to the Special Purpose High School courses, GED, and college classes, NCYF offers programs in the following areas:
Pawsitive Outcomes is a joint effort with the Midwest Dog Rescue organization and Bonafide Dog Training Academy to pair youthful offenders with dogs for a mutually positive learning experience. Dog handlers and alternate handlers are chosen to participate in the 12-week program. Program qualifications for the youthful offenders include having a High School Diploma or GED, successful completion of a formal interview, a letter of reference, and not having been found guilty of a Class I Misconduct Report during the previous six (6) months.
The 12-week program is supervised by a Bonafide Dog Training Academy trainer one day per week and by facility staff who supervise the daily and after-hours interactions. An outside kennel houses the dogs when necessary, with the dogs attending classes and programming with the youthful offenders during the day. Upon completion of the program, the dogs may be adopted by contacting the Midwest Dog Rescue.
Security Levels. Maximum, Medium and Minimum Custody.
| NCYF Visit Times and Days |
General Population Special Management Unit Safekeepers/90-Day Evaluators/Orientation/Protective Custody NOTE: Inmates are allowed two (2) visiting sessions per week (Friday-Monday). They may only attend one visiting session per day.
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0700 to 1500
24 Health Services Coverage
The NCYF is located at 2610 North 20th Street, East, Omaha, NE 68110. From I-80 take Interstate 480 East to Highway 75 North to the Cuming Street Exit (Exit 2C). Turn right (east) onto Cuming Street. Cuming Street turns into Abbott Drive. Remain on Abbott Drive heading north for approximately 2 miles. Stay in the right hand lane. At the Sleep Inn turn right onto Avenue H heading east. Turn onto 20th Street (north) for the NCYF entrance.
FEEL FREE TO CALL 595-2000 if you need directions while you are on the way here.
Jim Sweredoski, Public Information Officer
2610 N 20th St East
Omaha, NE 68110
Phone: (402) 595-2000
Fax: (402) 636-8610
