2017 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 83 - STATE INSTITUTIONS
83-171 Department of Correctional Services; created; duties.
83-171. Department of Correctional Services; created; duties.
There is hereby created a Department of Correctional Services which shall:
(1) Maintain and administer facilities required for the custody, control, correctional treatment, and rehabilitation of persons committed to the department and for the safekeeping of such other persons as may be remanded to the department in accordance with law;
(2) Develop policies and programs for the correctional treatment and rehabilitation of persons committed to the department;
(3) Supervise parolees who have been committed to the department; and
(4) Until July 1, 2016, administer parole services in the facilities and in the community and, beginning July 1, 2016, cooperate with the Board of Parole and Office of Parole Administration to assist with the efficient administration of parole services in the facilities and in the community.
Source
- Laws 1969, c. 817, § 2, p. 3073;
- Laws 1973, LB 563, § 39;
- Laws 1993, LB 31, § 26;
- Laws 2015, LB598, § 23.
