Flatwater forum explores problems with Nebraska's prisons - RIVER COUNTRY
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln hosted the Flatwater Free Press Nov. 16 for a forum titled 'Nebraska’s prisons at a crossroads.'
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Flatwater forum explores problems with Nebraska's prisons
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln hosted the Flatwater Free Press Nov. 16 for a forum titled “Nebraska’s prisons at a crossroads.” Four speakers, each representing a different aspect of Nebraska’s prison system, spoke on the lack of support for incarcerated people, which they primarily attributed to overcrowding and understaffing.
Source: nebraskapublicmedia.org
Eye-popping overtime: Prison employees double salaries, causing burnout and costing state millions
Seventeen employees of Nebraska’s prison system more than doubled the size of their paychecks during the past fiscal year. How? They made more in overtime pay than they did in
Source: fremonttribune.com
Eye-Popping Overtime: Prison Employees Double Salaries, Causing Burnout and Costing State Millions
Some 145 employees of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services made at least half their base salary in overtime — part of spiraling overtime costs in the prison system that have cost taxpayers $48 million in the past three years.
Source: nebraskapublicmedia.org
Paying the price: Nebraska gun law helped spark nation-leading prison growth
A look at how past actions by lawmakers have played a role in Nebraska's nation-leading incarceration spike.
Source: fremonttribune.com