Lockdown ends as penitentiary moves to modified operations
Friday, September 6, 2019
LINCOLN, Neb. - The Nebraska State Penitentiary is moving off lockdown* status, but will remain on modified operations* at least through the weekend. Scott R. Frakes, director of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS), says outside visits to the facility will continue to be canceled during that time, but the step down to modified operations will allow inmates to have some controlled movement outside of their cells.