Governor Pete Ricketts insists he isn’t worried about a threatened lawsuit over the state prison system.
Nebraska prisons house nearly 2-Thousand inmates more than their designed capacity. The Nebraska ACLU has indicated it is losing patience and might file a lawsuit.
Ricketts says Nebraska has been taking the right steps to ease overcrowding. . .

Ricketts says he’s confident work by the legislature and state Corrections Director Scott Frakes is sufficient to hold off a lawsuit by the Department of Justice. . .

The Ricketts Administration has asked for 26-Million dollars to add beds in Lincoln. The governor says his administration might be coming back for more, but it first wants to thoroughly study the need. direction”