LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska prison officials are planning a series of changes to reduce inmate crowding and improve working conditions for correctional employees.
Department of Correctional Services Director Scott Frakes unveiled four initiatives Tuesday in response to prison employee concerns.
Among the changes is a pilot program that will give Tecumseh State Correctional Institution employees more flexibility with work shifts. Frakes says he will work with prison staff members on a schedule that reduces mandatory overtime.
A second pilot at the Nebraska State Penitentiary will create a new class of supervisors intended to increase employee engagement.
Prison officials are also correcting security deficiencies uncovered in an audit, such as aging perimeter fences, and building a temporary housing facility for 100 inmates to ease overcrowding.
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