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NDCS is set to propose a brand new prison to fight overcrowding
December 22, 2020 5:54 am
The agency’s Director Scott Frakes says the prisons’ typical overcrowding is only set to get worse.
Frakes will be presenting the plan with backing from Gov. Pete Ricketts.
State officials have been working for years to end the overcrowding of Nebraska prisons by changing sentencing laws, expanding parole, and making new programs for diversion. But, the inmate population continues growing and NDCS is struggling to fill the prison jobs.
a new, $230 million prison to address chronic capacity issues among existing facilities.
Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Director Scott Frakes on Monday submitted an adjustment to the agency’s biennium budget that would include funding to support the siting and construction of a 1,512-bed correctional facility. With an initial footprint of 450,000 square feet, the facility would support 600 minimum, 512 medium and 400 maximum custody beds, with room to allow for future expansion at a base cost of $230 million.
Calling the project a “necessary next step,” Dir. Frakes said construction of a new facility will ensure capacity needs continue to be met within Nebraska’s correctional system. “Experts say the state’s prison population will keep growing. Not only that, but we are confronted with an inability to expand existing facilities and an aging infrastructure at the Nebraska State Penitentiary.”
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