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Report: Nebraska Legislature to blame for state's overcrowded prisons
- Andrew Wegley
- Feb 4, 2024
- Feb 4, 2024
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An academic report released this week examining Nebraska's overcrowded prison system came to some of the same conclusions offered by previous assessments of the state's Department of Correctional Services.
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Guards and prisoners outside the Tecumseh State Prison on May 11, 2015. A deadly riot had broken out at the prison the day before.
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The Tecumseh State Prison on Monday, May 11, 2015, the day after a riot broke out.
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Workers inspect a damaged area in Housing Unit 2 at the Tecumseh State Prison on May 19, 2015. A riot May 10 caused the damage.
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Housing Unit 2 in the aftermath of the May 10 riot at the Tecumseh State Prison.
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Smoke damage over a door is visible in Housing Unit 2 during a tour of the Tecumseh State Prison on May 19, 2015.
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Housing Unit 2 at the Tecumseh State Prison after the May 10, 2015, riot.
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