Governor-elect Pete Ricketts promises to bring a fresh perspective to the prison problem in Nebraska.
A legislative panel found state corrections officials use unreliable data and have failed to update policies, incluidng the use of solitary confinement.
Ricketts says he will bring in a new corrections director who will consider a variety of options for improvement. . .

Ricketts says a number of steps can be taken to reduce the prison population and keep prisoners from returning once free. . .

The Council of State Governments has been working with Nebraska officials to improve the state corrections system.