Corrections workers are often the unsung heroes and an essential piece of maintaining the nation’s communities. It takes a special individual with passion and a desire to enhance people’s lives to work and care for the incarcerated population, and to also train and guide other teammates when needed. Lieutenant Terri Lovejoy is one of those people. She began her career with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) as an officer at Tecumseh State Correctional Institution in 2007. While there, she promoted to corporal and became a field training officer (FTO). Then life took her another direction. She left...Read more

National Corrections #NursesAppreciationWeek Spotlight:

Behind the scenes of medical services at the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS), you will find a busy medical office with doctors, nurses and other medical staff all working to treat patients needing care. During Nurse Appreciation Week, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Trish Davis talks about what it means to work in the field of corrections. She remembers when she first began her career at the Omaha Correctional Center (OCC) more than five years ago, she couldn’t believe how much goes on within the prison system. “I do many different things every...Read more