LINCOLN — Nearly a year after Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced the state would build its new $350 million prison north of Lincoln, state officials formally broke ground at the site Wednesday, marking what the governor called a “historic day.”
A computer rendering shows what the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services' newest prison being built at a 300-acre site north of Lincoln might look like.
Nebraska Department of Correctional Services assistant director Diane Sabatka-Rine (from left), Gov. Jim Pillen, Director Rob Jeffreys, and Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly turn dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony of the state's newest prison on Wednesday north of Lincoln.
IMAGES: What Nebraska's newest prison being built in Lincoln will look like
A computer rendering shows what a maximum security housing dayroom at the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services' newest prison being built in Lincoln might look like.
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Computer rendering of a medium security housing dayroom at the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services' newest prison being built in Lincoln.
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Computer rendering of a courtyard for maximum and medium security inmates at the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services' newest prison being built in Lincoln.
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Computer rendering of the minimum security housing at the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services' newest prison being built in Lincoln.
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Officials formally broke ground Aug. 28, 2024, at the site of the state's next prison north of Lincoln, where groundwork continues.
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Nebraska Department of Correctional Services assistant director Diane Sabatka-Rine (from left), Gov. Jim Pillen, Director Rob Jeffreys, and Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly turn dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony of the state's newest prison on Wednesday north of Lincoln.
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
Officials formally broke ground Aug. 28, 2024, at the site of the state's next prison north of Lincoln, where groundwork continues.
Nebraska Department of Correctional Services assistant director Diane Sabatka-Rine (from left), Gov. Jim Pillen, Director Rob Jeffreys, and Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly turn dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony of the state's newest prison on Wednesday north of Lincoln.
A computer rendering shows what the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services' newest prison being built at a 300-acre site north of Lincoln might look like.
