NDCS assessing damage to state penitentiary after weekend storm displaced hundreds of inmates

Omaha Sen. Terrell McKinney says after touring storm-torn prison: 'I've never seen it this bad'

Omaha State Sen. Terrell McKinney, who visited the Nebraska State Penitentiary, raised concerns about the conditions in the storm-torn prison and called on the state to take steps to ease overcrowding.

NDCS assessing damage to state penitentiary after weekend storm displaced hundreds of inmates

By John Grinvalds Click here for updates on this story     LINCOLN, Nebraska (KETV) — Ferocious winds tore through Nebraska’s oldest prison complex on Saturday, leaving 387 incarcerated people displaced and the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services to pick the pieces. “It kind of peeled a lot of the roof off,” Doug Koebernick, Nebraska’s inspector general for corrections, said. “And then caused water damage inside, too. So they’re not hab…

Nebraska lawmaker after touring storm-torn prison: 'I've never seen it this bad'

A lawmaker who visited the Nebraska State Penitentiary on Monday raised concerns about the conditions in the storm-torn prison and called on the state to take steps to ease overcrowding.

Storms kill 1, injure another and displace hundreds of inmates

OMAHA — Strong storms before dawn Saturday in eastern Nebraska killed one person and seriously injured another in a state park and displaced hundreds of inmates after two prison housing units were damaged, officials said, even as other Midwest states…