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| Prison director wants staff to walk out safe every day |
| By kvnonews.com- Bill Kelly |
| Published: 03/18/2014 |
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Omaha, NE — Fifty years have passed since a guard has been killed at the Nebraska State Penitentiary. Seventy-year-old correctional officer John Claussen, stabbed to death in the prison’s print shop, is one of the few corrections officers listed on the state’s memorial for law enforcement officials killed in the line of duty. The murder of a corrections officer is rare. The risks of the job were underscored by the recent death of a young female officer in the juvenile facility in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. The daily risks are real. The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services recently compiled data listing 11 serious attacks on staff since 2009 and another 234 categorized as non-serious. Read More. |
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