Letter to Senators 06-03-2019

Dear Senators, I have just watched the general file debate on LB 686 on prison reform and I was happy to see that the legislature is moving forward on some attempts to address the crisis in NE’s prisons. As positive as LB 686 is, it is still dwarfed by the...

Letter to Senators 06-03-2019

Dear Senator, As a member of the Judiciary committee and being responsible for oversight of the Neb. Dept. of Correctional Services I wanted to bring 2 issues to your attention. First, NDCS is miscalculating their overcrowding, concealing the true severity of the...

Reply to “Letter to Senators 02-14-2019”

Dear Mr. Heist: Thank you for your recent emails to me and others. I have actually had some people contact me and ask questions about some of the points you raised. I agree that it would seem that you can only address overcrowding two ways, or a combination of the two...

Letter to Director Frakes 20-03-19

Dear Director Frakes: I am writing on behalf of the over 300 people, almost all of HU1 at TSCI, who signed the petition # 2019-880. We requested that NDCS incorporate a 25% raise in the daily stipend payed to incarcerated workers into the next biennium budget proposal...

Letter to Senetors 02-14-19

02/14/19 Dear Senator, As a member of the Judiciary committee and being responsible for oversight of the Neb. Dept. of Correctional Services I wanted to bring 2 issues to your attention. First, NDCS is miscalculating their overcrowding, concealing the true severity of...