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NE Code § 83-901 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-901 - Sections; purpose.

83-901.  Sections; purpose.The purpose of sections 49-617, 68-621, 72-249, 72-1302 to 72-1304, 81-101, 81-102, 81-1021, 83-101.08, 83-107.01, 83-108, 83-112, 83-135, 83-139, 83-140, 83-144, 83-145, 83-147 to 83-150, 83-153 to 83-156, 83-170 to 83-173, 83-186, 83-188, 83-443, and 83-901 to 83-916 is to establish an agency of state government for the custody, study, care, discipline, training, and treatment of persons in the correctional and detention institutions and for the study, training, and treatment of persons under the supervision of other correctional services of the state so that they may be prepared for lawful community living. Correctional services shall be so diversified in program and personnel as to facilitate individualization of treatment.Source   Laws 1973, LB 563, § 53;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 958;   Laws 1997, LB 307, § 228;   Laws 1998, LB 1073, § 168;  Laws 2007, LB256, § 14;  Laws 2020, LB1148, § 15.  Cross References   Department of Correctional Services, created, see sections 81-101 and 83-171.  Director of Correctional Services, appointment, salary, qualifications, see sections 81-102 and 83-172.
NE Code § 83-902 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-902 - Department of Correctional Services; seal; certification of documents.

83-902.  Department of Correctional Services; seal; certification of documents.The Department of Correctional Services shall adopt a seal. Copies of all records or other instruments in the department, when certified by the department as true copies and bearing the seal thereof, shall be received in any court as prima facie evidence of the original records or instruments.Source  Laws 1973, LB 563, § 54.
NE Code § 83-903 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-903 - Reentry program; development; reentry program administrator; purpose of program; department; duties.

83-903.  Reentry program; development; reentry program administrator; purpose of program; department; duties.The Department of Correctional Services, in consultation with the Board of Parole, shall develop a reentry program for individuals incarcerated in a department correctional facility, individuals who have been discharged from a department correctional facility within the prior eighteen months, and parolees. The department shall hire a reentry program administrator to develop and oversee the reentry program and additional staff as needed to implement the reentry program. The purpose of the reentry program is to facilitate a standard systemwide program of reentry for individuals leaving correctional facilities or transitioning off community supervision. The primary objectives of the reentry program are to reduce recidivism, to identify, assess, and provide treatment options for individuals with mental illness, to increase public safety, and to improve the overall transition of the individual from the criminal justice system into the community. Prior to the discharge of an individual from a department correctional facility, the department shall provide such individual with an opportunity to obtain a state identification card or renew a motor vehicle operator's license.Source  Laws 2014, LB907, § 13;  Laws 2018, LB258, § 1.
NE Code § 83-905 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-905 - Department; control of adult corrections and secure youth facility.

83-905.  Department; control of adult corrections and secure youth facility.The Department of Correctional Services shall have oversight and general control of all state adult correctional institutions and the secure youth facility. The Secure Youth Confinement Facility is a physically secure, coeducational facility designed to provide secure confinement, education, and treatment only for serious and chronic juvenile offenders who have been committed to the Department of Correctional Services for secure care.Source   Laws 1973, LB 563, § 57;   Laws 1974, LB 994, § 1;   Laws 1980, LB 794, § 4;   Laws 1993, LB 31, § 65;   Laws 1994, LB 988, § 40;   Laws 1997, LB 882, § 9.
NE Code § 83-906 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-906 - Staffing analysis; report.

83-906.  Staffing analysis; report.The Department of Correctional Services shall conduct a department-wide staffing analysis of all positions, including a specific analysis regarding behavioral health staffing, in an effort to make a comprehensive determination of staffing needs. Concurrently, the department shall make short-term recommendations for needed staffing, including, but not limited to, facility administrative and support positions, in order to improve the effectiveness of staffing.The staffing analysis shall be completed and a report of its findings and subsequent staffing recommendations submitted electronically to the Legislature no later than September 15, 2020. Subsequent updates of the staffing analysis shall be completed and shall be submitted electronically to the Legislature on or before September 15, 2026, and at least every six years thereafter or more frequently at the discretion of the department.Source Laws 2018, LB841, § 55.
NE Code § 83-907 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-907 - Correctional system overcrowding emergency; Department of Correctional Services and Board of Parole; plan; contents; report.

83-907.  Correctional system overcrowding emergency; Department of Correctional Services and Board of Parole; plan; contents; report.To ensure public safety in the event a correctional system overcrowding emergency is ever declared or determined to exist, the Department of Correctional Services and the Board of Parole shall submit to the Legislature a proposed plan which describes the process of implementing the accelerated parole review process required by section 83-962. The plan shall include, but not be limited to:(1) The process by which the Director of Correctional Services shall certify that an overcrowding emergency exists;(2) The process by which the department shall prepare and submit to the board a listing of parole-eligible committed offenders to be considered or reconsidered accelerated for parole;(3) Any statutory changes required or funding necessary to accommodate such process;(4) The process by which the board shall examine committed offenders during the accelerated parole review;(5) A review of the analysis for granting parole pursuant to section 83-1,114 and whether this process and the factors set out in such section are sufficient or adequate for the accelerated parole review process required by section 83-962;(6) A review of the process of supervising parolees released pursuant to the accelerated review process and the necessary means to ensure public safety; and(7) Any statutory changes required or resources necessary to accommodate the existence of an overcrowding emergency status and to facilitate the potential requisite gubernatorial declaration of such emergency.The plan shall be submitted electronically in a report to the Legislature on or before December 1, 2018.Source Laws 2018, LB841, § 56.
NE Code § 83-908 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-908 - Department of Correctional Services; estimate of appropriations; prepare.

83-908.  Department of Correctional Services; estimate of appropriations; prepare.The Department of Correctional Services shall prepare an estimate of the appropriations necessary for the support and needed improvements of the institutions under its charge, and a report of their operation during the preceding year, for the use of the Legislature. The estimate shall be printed, and may include a report of the results of investigation of methods of institution management and of treatment of patients and inmates, with suggestions for the betterment of any or all conditions.Source  Laws 1973, LB 563, § 60.
NE Code § 83-909 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-909 - Department; gather information; encourage scientific investigation.

83-909.  Department; gather information; encourage scientific investigation.The Department of Correctional Services shall gather demographic information for statistical reporting purposes, shall encourage scientific investigation of the treatment of delinquency and crime, shall provide forms for statistical returns to be made by the institutions in their annual reports, and shall supervise the methods of care, treatment, education, and improvement of the inmates of the institutions under its control.Source   Laws 1973, LB 563, § 61;   Laws 1979, LB 322, § 70;   Laws 1981, LB 545, § 46;   Laws 1993, LB 31, § 66.
NE Code § 83-910 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-910 - Director; employees; inquiries to determine fitness for duties; investigation and report to Governor.

83-910.  Director; employees; inquiries to determine fitness for duties; investigation and report to Governor.The Director of Correctional Services may examine any employee of the Department of Correctional Services and make such inquiries as will determine the employee's fitness for his or her respective duties, and the director shall investigate and report to the Governor any abuses or wrongs alleged to exist in the department.Source   Laws 1973, LB 563, § 62;   Laws 1993, LB 31, § 67.
NE Code § 83-911 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-911 - Director; information for Legislature.

83-911.  Director; information for Legislature.The Director of Correctional Services shall be prepared to give any information desired by the Legislature concerning the institutions under his control, and his administration shall be subject to examination under oath by a legislative committee touching any matter in regard to which the Legislature may desire information concerning the condition of the institutions, their inmates, and the performance of their duties by the director or his employees. The committee may call and examine under oath any other persons as witnesses in such investigation. Such examinations shall be conducted in the manner and subject to the provisions of section 83-114.Source  Laws 1973, LB 563, § 63.
NE Code § 83-911.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-911.01 - Transferred to section 83-925.11.

83-911.01.  Transferred to section 83-925.11.
NE Code § 83-912 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-912 - Director, employee; no gift or gratuity; violation; removal from office.

83-912.  Director, employee; no gift or gratuity; violation; removal from office.Neither the Director of Correctional Services nor any employee of the Department of Correctional Services shall receive from any person, firm, or corporation having dealings with the department, or from any employee or representative of such person, firm, or corporation, any gift or gratuity, either directly or indirectly, for himself or for any other person. The director or any employee who receives such a gift or gratuity shall be deemed guilty of bribery under section 28-917 and shall be removed from office.Source   Laws 1973, LB 563, § 64;   Laws 1978, LB 748, § 48.
NE Code § 83-913 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-913 - Cash received; remit to State Treasurer; report to department.

83-913.  Cash received; remit to State Treasurer; report to department.All money derived from any source in any institution controlled by the Department of Correctional Services shall be remitted to the State Treasurer by the proper executive officer on the first day of each month. Detailed reports showing the source of all money received shall be made to the department every thirty days.Source  Laws 1973, LB 563, § 65.
NE Code § 83-913.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-913.01 - Department of Correctional Services Facility Cash Fund; created; how funded; investment; disbursements; how made.

83-913.01.  Department of Correctional Services Facility Cash Fund; created; how funded; investment; disbursements; how made.(1) There is hereby created the Department of Correctional Services Facility Cash Fund.Except as otherwise provided, all money derived from any source in any facility under the supervision of the Department of Correctional Services shall be remitted to the State Treasurer in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the Director of Correctional Services for credit to the fund. Transfers may be made from the fund to the General Fund at the direction of the Legislature. Any money in the Department of Correctional Services Facility Cash Fund available for investment may be invested pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.(2) All disbursements from the fund shall be made by the Director of Administrative Services by warrants drawn on the fund only upon certification of expenses by the chief executive officer of the appropriate facility within the Department of Correctional Services and upon presentation of proper vouchers for such expenses by the Director of Correctional Services or his or her authorized agent.Source   Laws 1976, LB 869, § 1;   Laws 1993, LB 31, § 68;   Laws 1994, LB 1066, § 130;  Laws 2009, First Spec. Sess., LB3, § 89. Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 83-914 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-914 - Emergency Revolving Fund; funding; accounting.

83-914.  Emergency Revolving Fund; funding; accounting.An Emergency Revolving Fund, not to exceed six thousand dollars for any one institution or the central office of the Department of Correctional Services, upon order of the Director of Correctional Services, shall be drawn from the State Treasurer, to be used by the chief executive officer of each institution or the central office as an emergency cash fund. The fund shall be drawn from the general maintenance appropriation for the director. An accounting of such fund shall be made by each executive officer once each month to the director.Source   Laws 1973, LB 563, § 66;   Laws 1976, LB 581, § 2.
NE Code § 83-915 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-915 - Trust funds; investment; income; use.

83-915.  Trust funds; investment; income; use.The Department of Correctional Services shall invest any surplus trust funds belonging to inmates in its custody with the state investment officer. The interest accruing from any investments shall be credited to the Inmate Welfare and Club Accounts Fund created under section 83-915.01. The department shall also provide inmates with the option of having an interest-earning savings account and shall notify the inmates of such option and the terms of such account.Source   Laws 1973, LB 563, § 67;   Laws 1980, LB 698, § 1;  Laws 2002, LB 604, § 1.
NE Code § 83-915.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-915.01 - Inmate Welfare and Club Accounts Fund; created; use; investment.

83-915.01.  Inmate Welfare and Club Accounts Fund; created; use; investment.The Inmate Welfare and Club Accounts Fund is created. The fund shall consist of revenue from soft drinks sold to inmates in the custody of the Department of Correctional Services, including proceeds from recycling cans or other containers containing such soft drinks, profit from departmental canteens, interest earned by the fund, interest on inmate trust funds pursuant to section 83-915, or other revenue at the department's discretion. The fund shall be used to provide recreational activities and equipment for inmates at all of the department's correctional facilities. The fund shall be administered by the Director of Correctional Services or his or her designee. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.Source  Laws 2002, LB 604, § 2;  Laws 2015, LB605, § 107.  Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 83-916 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-916 - Buildings; erection; repair and improvement; contracts; bidding; procedure; exceptions; bond.

83-916.  Buildings; erection; repair and improvement; contracts; bidding; procedure; exceptions; bond.(1) The Department of Correctional Services shall have general charge of the erection of new buildings, the repair and improvement of buildings, including fire escapes, and the improvement of grounds.(2) Buildings and other improvements costing more than fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of equipment not germane to construction and building material made in the institution, shall be (a) constructed under the general charge of the department as provided in subsection (1) of this section and (b) let by contract to the lowest responsible bidder after proper advertisement as set forth in subsection (5) of this section, except that buildings costing more than fifty thousand dollars, such as shops, warehouses, or a cannery, when declared necessary by the department and to be constructed on the grounds of any Department of Correctional Services adult correctional facility, may be constructed by the use of inmate labor. Any construction by inmate labor shall have the approval of the department, the warden, and the chief engineer of the department.(3) Inmate labor or the labor of state charges shall be employed, whenever the department deems it practicable, in all construction, repairs, and improvements at state institutions.(4) The successful bidder at the letting referred to in subsection (2) of this section shall enter into a formal contract with the department, prepared as provided for by subsection (5) of this section, and shall furnish a bond for the faithful performance of his or her contract, except that a performance bond shall not be required for any project which has a total cost of one hundred thousand dollars or less unless the department includes a bond requirement in the specifications for the project.(5) When contracts are to be let by the department as provided for by subsection (2) of this section, advertisements shall be published in accordance with rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the state building division of the Department of Administrative Services stating that sealed proposals will be received by the Department of Correctional Services at its office on the date therein stated for the furnishing of materials, the construction of buildings, or the making of repairs or improvements and that plans and specifications can be seen at the office of the department. All bids or proposals shall be accompanied by a certified check or bid bond in a sum fixed by the department and payable thereto. All such contracts shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, but the right shall be reserved to reject any and all bids. Whenever any material described in any contract can be obtained from any state institution, the department shall exclude it from such a contract.Source   Laws 1973, LB 563, § 68;   Laws 1990, LB 257, § 6;   Laws 1993, LB 31, § 69;   Laws 1995, LB 530, § 18;  Laws 2007, LB256, § 15.
NE Code § 83-917 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-917 - Reentry Cash Fund; created; use; investment.

83-917.  Reentry Cash Fund; created; use; investment.The Reentry Cash Fund is created. The fund shall be administered by the Department of Correctional Services. The State Treasurer shall credit funds remitted pursuant to sections 33-157 and 83-184 and donations or contributions from public or private sources to the Reentry Cash Fund. The fund shall be used by the department for tuition, fees, and other costs associated with reentry and reintegration programs offered to offenders that are placed in the incarceration work camp. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.Source Laws 2010, LB510, § 6.Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 83-918 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-918 - Strategic plan; contents; report; appear at hearing.

83-918.  Strategic plan; contents; report; appear at hearing.(1) For the biennium ending June 30, 2019, and the biennium ending June 30, 2021, the Department of Correctional Services shall, as part of the appropriations request process pursuant to subsection (1) of section 81-132, include a strategic plan that identifies the main purpose or purposes of each program, verifiable and auditable key goals that the department believes are fair measures of its progress in meeting each program's main purpose or purposes, and benchmarks for improving performance on the key goals. The department shall also report whether the benchmarks are being met and, if not, the expected timeframes for meeting them.(2) Not later than September 15 in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, the Department of Correctional Services shall report electronically to the Judiciary Committee of the Legislature and the Appropriations Committee of the Legislature on the progress towards the key goals identified pursuant to this section that occurred in the previous twelve months. In calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, the department shall appear at a joint hearing of the Judiciary Committee and Appropriations Committee and present the report.Source  Laws 2015, LB33, § 3;  Laws 2016, LB1092, § 11.
NE Code § 83-922 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 83 - State Institutions|83-922 - Department of Correctional Services; duties; divisions enumerated.

83-922.  Department of Correctional Services; duties; divisions enumerated.The Department of Correctional Services shall fulfill those functions of state government relating to the custody, study, care, discipline, training, and treatment of persons in correctional and detention institutions. There shall be separate divisions within the department to assist in fulfilling these functions. The divisions shall be the Division of Community-Centered Services, the Division of Administrative Services, and the Division of Adult Services. The Director of Correctional Services shall appoint an assistant director as head of each division and may remove or change the powers and responsibilities of the assistant director of any of the divisions at his or her discretion.Source   Laws 1975, LB 417, § 1;   Laws 1993, LB 31, § 70;   Laws 1994, LB 988, § 42;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 959.