A study backs the contention of some state lawmakers that a few changes could ease prison overcrowding in Nebraska…and ensure that fewer prisoners return to crime upon release.
Center for Effective Justice Director Marc Levin says Nebraska prisons now are 40-percent over capacity and are projected to reach 188-percent of capacity in just a few years. . .

 
Levin says nearly half of the inmates Nebraska releases from prison have no post-prison supervision requirements. . .

 

He also suggests ending many mandatory minimum sentences…focusing more on mental health issues…and keeping minor property and drug offenders out of prison.