FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (21-40)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

March 22, 2021 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Today, Director Scott R. Frakes announced that three staff members with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) are positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). Two staff members are employed at the Community Corrections Center-Lincoln (CCC-L) and one staff member is employed at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI). All three staff members are self-isolating at home.

Notification will be provided to those who live and work in those locations as to the positive cases.  In addition, anyone who may have had close contact with the staff members will be directed to self-quarantine.

This brings the total number of NDCS staff members diagnosed with COVID-19 to 548. Five hundred and forty of those individuals have recovered from COVID-19.  

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