Nebraska sets stage for new prison, stops short of approval
By GRANT SCHULTEApril 9, 2021 GMT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Nebraska lawmakers set the stage Friday for a new, $230 million prison even as other states close theirs, but they stopped short of fully endorsing the idea.
Lawmakers gave first-round approval to $14.9 million in state funding that would allow the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services to start designing and planning for a prison to house 1,512 inmates and relieve chronic overcrowding. The measure includes $18 million to add bed space for inmates who are elderly, have mental health issues and those with special needs.
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The Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee agreed to set aside $115 million half of the new prison’s cost but members held off on approving the money until they know more about their options.
Nebraska prison inmate sues for right to get abortion
By GRANT SCHULTEApril 9, 2021 GMT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A Nebraska prison inmate sued the state corrections department Friday, saying she was denied her constitutional right to get an abortion.
The woman, identified as Jane Roe, asked a federal judge for an emergency order so she can get state-mandated counseling and an abortion at a Planned Parenthood in Lincoln by her scheduled appointment on Tuesday. She’s a little more than 15 weeks pregnant and has been in prison since Feb. 18, serving a 26-month sentence at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women in York, according to the lawsuit.
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By Terry Leahy
Law enforcement searches for an inmate missing from the Community Corrections Center - Lincoln.
The Department of Corrections says 39-year old Raymond Jimenez left the facility Wednesday to seek employment through a job service in downtown Lincoln and did not return.
The electronic monitoring device he was wearing was recovered at 7th and B Streets.
His sentence started June 15th, 2020.
He was sentenced from four to six-and-a-half years for charges out of Douglas County that include operation of a motor vehicle to avoid arrest and possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person.
Jimenez’s tentative release date is August 10th, 2022.