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Neb. lawmakers search for solutions to prison reform
By ketv.com- Andrew Ozaki
Published: 05/15/2015

LINCOLN, Neb. —Lawmakers said Nebraska's inmates don't have enough to do. With the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution remaining on lockdown, there's a search for solutions in effect.

"The idleness of the inmates was certainly something he believes may have been a factor in what happened this last weekend," Sen. Colby Coash said.

State lawmakers passed a budget bill with more money for prison programs.

Four days after the riot at the facility in Tecumseh, prison officials said inmates are getting two meals a day, which totals about 3,000 calories.

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