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| Governor tours damaged Tecumseh prison |
| By netnebraska.org- Fred Knapp |
| Published: 05/21/2015 |
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In a beige concrete room guarded by two sets of grey metal and glass doors, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts herded a group of journalists into the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution. “C’mon in folks. It’s a double door here so everybody c’mon in,” Ricketts urged. Through that second door, down a hallway and past the grassy green yard lies a gymnasium, where Tecumseh Warden Brian Gage said about 30 prisoners were present during the disturbance that began about 2:30 on Mother’s Day afternoon. Gage pointed to an adjoining room where a female recreation staffer was trapped. “She pushed a desk against the door. She felt that she was being threatened. They were pounding and they wanted her out of that office,” he said. The woman was eventually rescued as authorities retook control of the prison by Monday morning. Gage led reporters out into the yard, stood in front of a guard tower, and gestured toward one of the buildings where the trouble started. “The grouping of the inmates were over in front of Unit One. Staff members seen that grouping, went over there and wanted people to move on. One person we understand was not supposed to be in that group. They were on what we call room restriction. They shouldn’t have been out of their housing unit. They were taking care of him and that’s when they were attacked,” Gage said. Read More. |
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