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New Nebraska Director of Corrections Named

New Nebraska Director of Corrections Named

Governor Jim Pillen Photo: WNAX


Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen has named a new director of the Department of Correctional Services…..

Pillen says they took time to find the right person…

Jeffreys says he appreciates the confidence from the Governor…

Jeffreys says it will be a team effort….

Jeffreys previously served as the director of the Illinois Department of Corrections and spent 24 years with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, with most of those years spent in correctional management.
He will be paid two hundred ten thousand dollars a year.

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