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Current & Formerly Incarcerated Nebraskans' Voting Rights. In the spring of 2024, a bipartisan majority of Nebraska state senators voted to remove the two-year waiting period so that people with felony convictions can vote as soon as they finish all terms of their felony sentences, including probation and parole.
23 wrz 2021 · Mark Lehmkuhl, a corporal at the same facility, told the senators he believes inmates have taken advantage of staffing shortages by circulating illegal contraband. “These inmates know what's going on,” Lehmkuhl said.
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22 maj 2023 · Lincoln Sen. Carolyn Bosn, a former county prosecutor, said she could not support the bill unless changes were made in two clauses — one that allows earlier parole eligibility for some inmates, and another that would reduce criminal penalties for some repeat, or “habitual,” criminals.
18 maj 2022 · State Sen. Terrell McKinney of Omaha, who has criticized the state for investing in new prisons instead of jobs and programs to avoid sending people to prison, said the key to the success of the RTC, as well as the proposed, 1,500-bed prison, will be properly staffing the facilities. “We’re over-incarcerating people,” McKinney said.
22 mar 2022 · Getting prisoners in front of the parole board sooner is “a good thing as it relates to overcrowding,” said Sen. Steve Lathrop, chair of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee and a state senator who has grappled with prison overcrowding for years.
3 lut 2022 · State Sen. John Stinner of Gering, chairman of the legislative committee that writes the state budget, led the criticism, saying the state has increased prison spending by more than $300 million over the past seven years without solving Nebraska’s nation-leading prison overcrowding.
