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NDCS staff members positive for COVID-19

March 22, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (21-40)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

March 22, 2021 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Today, Director Scott R. Frakes announced that three staff members with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) are positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). Two staff members are employed at the Community Corrections Center-Lincoln (CCC-L) and one staff member is employed at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI). All three staff members are self-isolating at home.

Notification will be provided to those who live...Read more

Missing CCCL inmate arrested

March 17, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (21-39)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

March 17, 2021 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Lincoln police arrested an inmate who left his work assignment and failed to return to the Community Corrections Center-Lincoln (CCC-L). Tony Smith #89262 was taken into custody at 33rd and O Street on the afternoon of March 16, 2021. He went missing that morning. Following his arrest, he was returned to the custody of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS).

Smith’s sentence started March 18, 2019. He was sentenced seven...Read more

Inmate missing from community correctional facility

March 16, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (21-38)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

March 16, 2021 (Lincoln, Neb.) -- Authorities are looking for an inmate missing from the Community Corrections Center-Lincoln (CCC-L). Tony Smith #89262 left his place of employment early this morning without permission. He was spotted getting into a vehicle with a female driver. Smith managed to remove the electronic monitoring device he was wearing. CCC-L staff members located the device in the area of 56th and Leighton Avenue.

Smith’s sentence started March 18, 2019....Read more

NSP inmate death

March 15, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (21-37)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

March 15, 2021 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Keeva O’Neal #49501, age 48, died at a hospital in Lincoln just after 10:30 p.m. on March 14, 2021. He was incarcerated at the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP).

O’Neal’s sentence started on April 2, 1997. He was serving a 45- to 65-year sentence out of Douglas County on multiple counts of first degree assault as well as use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony.

While the cause of death has yet to be determined, O’Neal was being...Read more

TSCI staff member injured in assault

March 14, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (21-36)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

March 14, 2021 (Tecumseh, Neb.) – An inmate assaulted a staff member at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI) today, resulting in a serious* injury.

The inmate approached the staff person and punched him several times in the head. Additional staff members arrived and assisted the original staff member in restraining the inmate. The staff member received treatment at a local hospital for injuries to his head.

Results of the investigation will be...Read more

Director Scott R. Frakes

NDCS team members assume new roles with national organization

March 9, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (21-35)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

March 9, 2021 (Lincoln, Neb) – Five team members with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) have assumed leadership and member roles in the American Correctional Association (ACA), a national organization that oversees the accreditation of prisons, jails and other detention facilities.

Director Scott R. Frakes was appointed to serve on the Response to Disruptive Behavior Committee, a group that works to identify best practices for managing high risk...Read more

NDCS staff members positive for COVID-19

March 8, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (21-34)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

March 8, 2021 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Today, Director Scott R. Frakes announced that four staff members with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) are positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). The staff members are employed at the Lincoln Correctional Center (2), Community Corrections Center-Lincoln (1) and the Omaha Correctional Center (1). All four staff members are self-isolating at home.

Notification will be provided to those who live and work in those...Read more

Missing CCC-L inmate arrested

March 5, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (21-33)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

March 5, 2021 (Lincoln, Neb.) – An inmate who left the Community Corrections Center – Lincoln on May 1, 2020 has been arrested by the Douglas County Sheriff’s office. Deputies took Allen Webster #210752 into custody March 4, 2021.

Webster began serving a two-year sentence on December 5, 2019 for possession of a controlled substance out of Douglas County. He had a tentative release date of July 11, 2020.

CCC-L is one of two community custody facilities operated by...Read more

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