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| State clamping down on high-security inmates |
| By journalstar.com - Jonathan Edwards |
| Published: 11/08/2012 |
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Nebraska -- David Ditter, a man serving a life sentence for first-degree murder at the maximum-security prison in Tecumseh, sent Gov. Dave Heineman a letter Oct. 23 implying the warden there is depriving him of basic human necessities. Ditter, who’s been locked up for 42 years, and 951 other inmates at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution went on “modified lockdown” five weeks ago after a series of fights. The state's other maximum-security prisons -- the Nebraska State Penitentiary, the Lincoln Correctional Center and the Correctional Youth Facility -- also are clamping down on what inmates can do and when they can do it. “There is a fundamental difference between depriving a prisoner of privileges he may enjoy and depriving him of the basic necessities of human existence," Ditter said in his letter to Heineman. Read More. |
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