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A crisis with consequences: Nebraska’s overcrowded, understaffed prisons turn costly for taxpayers, unsafe for prisoners and guards

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A crisis with consequences: Nebraska’s overcrowded, understaffed prisons turn costly for taxpayers, unsafe for prisoners and guards

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Between 2010 and 2020, Nebraska saw a 16% rise in its prison population. This was due in part to a gun violence bill passed by the Nebraska Legislature in 2009.

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Nebraska's 10 state prisons from least to most crowded

10. Nebraska Correctional Youth Facility

82.6% of design capacity

KILEY CRUSE, THE WORLD-HERALD

9. Nebraska Correctional Center for Women

98% of design capacity

THE WORLD-HERALD

8. Tecumseh State Correctional Institution

107.3% of design capacity

7. Community Corrections Center-Lincoln

132.4% of design capacity

REBECCA S. GRATZ, THE WORLD-HERALD

6. Nebraska State Penitentiary

157.5% of design capacity

NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

4. Work Ethic Camp

186.1% of design capacity

JAMES R. BURNETT, THE WORLD-HERALD

3. Community Corrections Center-Omaha

2. Omaha Correctional Center

193.6% of design capacity

KENT SIEVERS

1. Diagnostic and Evaluation Center

261.4% of design capacity

BRENDAN SULLIVAN, THE WORLD-HERALD

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