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| Crowding at Lincoln prison more than 300 percent capacity on Friday |
| By journalstar.com- Joanne Young |
| Published: 04/14/2017 |
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Crowding at the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center had reached 303 percent of capacity when an incident broke out April 7 in one of the prison's housing units. Sixteen inmates involved in the disturbance assaulted three staff members and started fires, burning plastic beds and other items. The number of inmates at the prison fluctuates daily, probably hourly. But the Department of Correctional Services' information system reported the population that day as 484. On April 4, three days earlier, 509 people were packed into the building in southwest Lincoln, designed to accommodate 160. That is 318 percent of capacity. Read More. |
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