Alert Top Story Less than half of Nebraska parole hearings have full board present Yanqi Xu Flatwater Free Press Mar 28, 2022 Mar 28, 2022 Updated May 23, 2023 0 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). kAmxE H2D y@D9 r2CD6’D 3:8 52J] w6 2H@<6 367@C6 DF?C:D6 @? |2C49 `h[ a_a`[ 2?5 5@??65 9:D <92<: AC:D@? F?:7@C>[ C625J E@ =62C? :7 96 4@F=5 =62G6 E96 r@>>F?:EJ r@CC64E:@?D r6?E6C :? {:?4@=?] w:D 72E6[ =:<6 E92E @7 >@C6 E92? 2 E9@FD2?5 AC:D@?6CD 6249 J62C[ 2H2:E65 E96 ;F58>6?E @7 E96 }63C2D<2 q@2C5 @7 !2C@=6]k^AmkAmr2CD6 =:<65 9:D 492?46D] pE 9:D u63CF2CJ A2C@=6 962C:?8[ 96 D2:5[ 3@2C5 492:CA6CD@? #@D2=J? r@EE@? 925 E@=5 9:> 96 D9@F=5 86E @FE ?6IE E:>6 :7 96 DE2J65 7C66 @7 >:D4@?5F4E]k^AmkAmr2CD6 925 <6AE @? 9:D 36DE 3692G:@C 7@C E9@D6 ag 52JD] w6 925 2=C625J DA6?E `d >@?E9D :? 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