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Jail and Prison Conditions

Even if an inmate's sentence is not oppressively long, their treatment while incarcerated can still constitute subhuman treatment. Prisons are not medical facilities, but they regularly are forced to deal with mental health problems and care for elderly and terminally ill inmates. Food, if it's even edible, usually lacks enough nutrition for inmates' health to not deteriorate. Plus, with a lack of opportunities to see family, read, or gain skill sets, inmates are placed in buildings which lack any resemblance of the civilized world.

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Lockdown, longer shifts, hiring bonuses: State Penitentiary adjusts operations amid staff shortage

“Thursday morning, staff at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln were informed via memo that a “staffing emergency” was being declared at the prison because of a shortage of staff and unsafe conditions for prison workers. The emergency allows the prison to launch a temporary new work schedule involving 12-hour workdays for security staff as Corrections and the labor union work on “long-term solutions” to high turnover of new recruits and record-high overtime expenses for the remaining staff to fill vacant posts.“

Omaha World-Herald

October 24, 2019

UnderstaffingPhillip ReevesOctober 24, 2019Omaha World Herald, NebraskaComment

Nebraska faces a prison-crowding emergency

“But Nebraska’s troubles show that reducing prison populations is not always as simple as mustering political will. The state’s legislature, judiciary and multiple governors have all agreed that they need to trim its prison population—to no avail. Nebraska illustrates the complex incentives at work in America’s harsh penal system.“

The Economist

April 11, 2019

Prison DesignPhillip ReevesApril 11, 2019Nebraska, The EconomistComment

Nebraska Plans Morning Execution for Death-Row Inmate

"Department officials have said all four drugs were purchased in the United States, but declined to say how the drugs were obtained or who provided them. They're currently fighting lawsuits by the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska and Nebraska media outlets that could force them to release documents identifying the supplier. Nebraska's last execution was in 1997, using the electric chair, but the state Supreme Court later declared the chair unconstitutional."

New York Times

July 27, 2018

Death RowAnthony BradleyJuly 31, 2018New York Times, Nebraska