The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services has started a number of initiatives to fill the hundreds of open jobs in the state’s prisons.

Department Director Scott Frakes says they have now seen applications multiply….

Frakes says they have also made a significant number of hires….

Frakes says they are also seeing great results with their staff training academy…

The department is now paying up to twenty-eight dollars an hour and offering up to fifteen thousand dollars in sign on bonuses.