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| Audit On Prison Issue Released, Recommendations Made |
| By knopnews2.com |
| Published: 11/18/2014 |
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LINCOLN, Neb.--- An audit of the Department of Correctional Services, released Monday by the Legislative Performance Audit Committee, found issues of concern with the reliability of DCS data regarding inmates, as well as the department's use of segregation. Additionally, the audit report recommended that the Legislature consider amending relevant commitment and corrections acts to ensure the evaluation procedures and definitions for potentially mentally ill and dangerous inmates and dangerous sex offenders are "clear and consistent." Performance Audit Committee members, prompted largely by the 2013 DCS release of Nikko Jenkins, authorized an audit of the corrections department in January. Legislative concerns about DCS' handling of Jenkins ultimately resulted in the initiation of two other investigations, with both of which the Audit Office coordinated its research. The audit scope included an examination of the department's disciplinary process and use of segregation; the adequacy of inmate programming- such as substance abuse treatment and mental health services- and the relationship between parole decisions and the availability of programming. The scope also called for a comparison of the commitment process under the Mental Health Commitment Act and the Sex Offender Commitment Act and of the processes the department uses to identify inmates who may be subject to civil commitments under the acts. Read More. |
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