Nebraska State Penitentiary without running water due to plumbing issue, inspector general says ANDREW WEGLEY Lincoln Journal Star Oct 27, 2021 Oct 27, 2021 Updated May 24, 2023 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Take a closer look at Nebraska's highest prison populations in 2019 (by % operational capacity). kAm%9@D6 :?42C46C2E65 2E E96 }63C2D<2 $E2E6 !6?:E6?E:2CJ 2?5 E96 DE277 >6>36CD H9@ H2E49 @G6C E96> 92G6 366? H:E9@FE CF??:?8 H2E6C D:?46 %F6D52J 27E6C?@@?[ 244@C5:?8 E@ E96 :?DA64E@C 86?6C2= @7 E96 DE2E6VD 4@CC64E:@?2= DJDE6>]k^AmkAmQ}6:E96C 8C@FA 92D 2 H2E6C D@FC46[Q s@F8 z@636C?:4< E@=5 E96 y@FC?2= $E2C @? (65?6D52J]k^AmkAmz@636C?:4< D2:5 2 A=F>3:?8 :DDF6 E92E 27764E65 E96 {:?4@=? 724:=:EJ %F6D52J 27E6C?@@? 2AA62CD E@ 36 E96 C@@E @7 E96 >2=7F?4E:@?]k^Am kAm%96 s6A2CE>6?E @7 r@CC64E:@?2= $6CG:46D DF>>@?65 2 A=F>3:?8 D6CG:46 E@ E96 `da\J62C\@=5 A6?:E6?E:2CJ[ 2?5 4C6HD 92G6 366? @? 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Nebraska State Penitentiary 157.5% of design capacity NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES 4. Work Ethic Camp 186.1% of design capacity JAMES R. BURNETT, THE WORLD-HERALD 3. Community Corrections Center-Omaha 191.7% of design capacity 2. Omaha Correctional Center 193.6% of design capacity KENT SIEVERS 1. Diagnostic and Evaluation Center 261.4% of design capacity BRENDAN SULLIVAN, THE WORLD-HERALD Reach the writer at 402-473-7223 or awegley@journalstar.com.On Twitter @andrewwegley 0 Comments Locations Lincoln Sign up for our Crime & Courts newsletter Get the latest in local public safety news with this weekly email. Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Tom Casady's list of the 10 most infamous crimes in Lincoln history See the crimes former Public Safety Director Tom Casady on his blog listed as the 10 most notorious in the history of Lincoln. 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