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'Historic day' — Nebraska breaks ground on $350 million prison complex north of Lincoln
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'Historic day' — Nebraska breaks ground on $350 million prison complex north of Lincoln
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- Aug 28, 2024
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- JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
Officials formally broke ground Wednesday at the site of the state's next prison north of Lincoln, where groundwork continues.
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Nearly a year after Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced the state would build its new $350 million prison north of Lincoln, state officials formally broke ground at the site Wednesday, marking what the governor called a "historic day."
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Officials formally broke ground Aug. 28, 2024, at the site of the state's next prison north of Lincoln, where groundwork continues.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star file photo
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Officials formally broke ground Aug. 28, 2024, at the site of the state's next prison north of Lincoln, where groundwork continues.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star file photo
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A computer rendering shows what the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services' newest prison being built at a 300-acre site north of Lincoln might look like.
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Nebraska Department of Correctional Services assistant director Diane Sabatka-Rine (from left), Gov. Jim Pillen, Director Rob Jeffreys, and Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly turn dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony of the state's newest prison on Wednesday north of Lincoln.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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IMAGES: What Nebraska's newest prison being built in Lincoln will look like
A computer rendering shows what a maximum security housing dayroom at the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services' newest prison being built in Lincoln might look like.
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Computer rendering of a medium security housing dayroom at the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services' newest prison being built in Lincoln.
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Computer rendering of a minimum security housing dayroom at the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services' newest prison being built in Lincoln.
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Computer rendering of a courtyard for maximum and medium security inmates at the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services' newest prison being built in Lincoln.
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A computer rendering shows how the minimum security housing at the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services' newest prison being built in Lincoln might appear.
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Officials formally broke ground Aug. 28, 2024, at the site of the state's next prison north of Lincoln, where groundwork continues.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star file photo
Nebraska Department of Correctional Services assistant director Diane Sabatka-Rine (from left), Gov. Jim Pillen, Director Rob Jeffreys, and Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly turn dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony of the state's newest prison on Wednesday north of Lincoln.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
Officials formally broke ground Aug. 28, 2024, at the site of the state's next prison north of Lincoln, where groundwork continues.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star file photo
Reach the writer at 402-473-7223 or awegley@journalstar.com. On Twitter @andrewwegley
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Officials formally broke ground Aug. 28, 2024, at the site of the state's next prison north of Lincoln, where groundwork continues.
- JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star file photo
A computer rendering shows what the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services' newest prison being built at a 300-acre site north of Lincoln might look like.
- DLR, COURTESY IMAGE
Nebraska Department of Correctional Services assistant director Diane Sabatka-Rine (from left), Gov. Jim Pillen, Director Rob Jeffreys, and Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly turn dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony of the state's newest prison on Wednesday north of Lincoln.
- JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
Officials formally broke ground Aug. 28, 2024, at the site of the state's next prison north of Lincoln, where groundwork continues.
- JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star file photo
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