83-183. Persons committed; employment; wages; use; rules and regulations.
(1) To establish good habits of work and responsibility, to foster vocational training, and to reduce the cost of operating the facilities, persons committed to the department shall be employed, eight hours per day, so far as possible in constructive and diversified activities in the production of goods, services, and foodstuffs to maintain the facilities, for state use, and for other purposes authorized by law. To accomplish these purposes, the director may establish and maintain industries and farms in appropriate facilities and may enter into arrangements with any other board or agency of the state, any natural resources district, or any other political subdivision, except that any arrangements entered into with school districts, educational service units, community colleges, state colleges, or universities shall include supervision provided by the department, for the employment of persons committed to the department for state or governmental purposes. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to effect a reduction in the number of work release positions.
(2) The director shall make rules and regulations governing the hours, the conditions of labor, and the rates of compensation of persons committed to the department. In determining the rates of compensation, such regulations may take into consideration the quantity and quality of the work performed by such person, whether or not such work was performed during regular working hours, the skill required for its performance, and the economic value of similar work outside of correctional facilities.
(3) Except as provided in section 83-183.01, wage payments to a person committed to the department shall be set aside by the chief executive officer of the facility in a separate fund. The fund shall enable such person committed to the department to contribute to the support of his or her dependents, if any, to make necessary purchases from the commissary, to set aside sums to be paid to him or her at the time of his or her release from the facility, and to pay restitution if restitution is required.
(4) The director shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations which will protect the committed offender's rights to due process and govern the collection of restitution as provided in section 83-184.01.
(5) The director may authorize the chief executive officer to invest the earnings of a person committed to the department. Any accrued interest thereon shall be credited to such person's fund.
(6) The director may authorize the chief executive officer to reimburse the state from the wage fund of a person committed to the department for:
(a) The actual value of property belonging to the state or any other person intentionally or recklessly destroyed by such person committed to the department during his or her commitment;
(b) The actual value of the damage or loss incurred as a result of unauthorized use of property belonging to the state or any other person by such person committed to the department;
(c) The actual cost to the state for injuries or other damages caused by intentional acts of such person committed to the department; and
(d) The reasonable costs incurred in returning such person committed to the department to the facility to which he or she is committed in the event of his or her escape.
(7) No person committed to the department shall be required to engage in excessive labor, and no such person shall be required to perform any work for which he or she is declared unfit by a physician designated by the director. No person who performs labor or work pursuant to this section shall be required to wear manacles, shackles, or other restraints.
(8) The director may authorize that a portion of the earnings of a person committed to the department be retained by that person for personal use.
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Annotations
Reimbursement for expense of returning escapee is not a proper matter to be raised in appeal from criminal conviction and sentence. State v. Mayes, 190 Neb. 837, 212 N.W.2d 623 (1973).
This section, when construed with section 83-183.01, does not require that an inmate be provided with full-time employment as a prerequisite to the applicability of rules and regulations promulgated under the authority of section 83-183.01. Hurbenca v. Nebraska Dept. of Corr. Servs., 18 Neb. App. 31, 773 N.W.2d 402 (2009).
Evidence held insufficient to show denial of property rights afforded under sections 83-182 and 83-183. Journey v. Vitek, 685 F.2d 239 (8th Cir. 1982).
The reduction of sentence for good behavior and faithful performance of duties is a statutory right and cannot be eliminated or withheld for failure to perform work which a prisoner is unable to do because of physical infirmity not caused by his misconduct, nor as punishment except for flagrant or serious misconduct. Sawyer v. Sigler, 320 F.Supp. 690 (D. Neb. 1970).
Structure Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 83 - State Institutions
83-101.06 - Department of Health and Human Services; duties.
83-101.08 - Coordination of activities; duties.
83-101.14 - Deaf or hard of hearing persons; access to treatment programs; rules and regulations.
83-104 - State institutions; annual physical review; report.
83-105 - Youth rehabilitation and treatment centers; grievances; reporting system.
83-108 - Department of Health and Human Services; institutions controlled.
83-108.04 - Department of Health and Human Services; additional facilities for care of children.
83-111 - Department of Health and Human Services; estimated appropriation; suggested improvements.
83-116 - Department of Health and Human Services; actions at law.
83-121 - School District Reimbursement Fund; created; use; investment.
83-124 - Transferred to section 80-325.
83-126 - Facilities; chief executive officer; appointment.
83-127 - Superintendent of institutional schools; qualifications; powers and duties.
83-128 - Officers and employees; bond or insurance.
83-130 - Emergency Revolving Fund; amount; source; accounting.
83-135 - Grounds; abutting streets; paving; procedure.
83-136 - Paving petitions; power to sign.
83-137 - State institutions; adjacent highways; improvement.
83-139 - Stewards; duties; reports; shortages; default; penalty.
83-146 - Purchases; Department of Administrative Services; requisition.
83-148 - Unauthorized vouchers; issuance; effect; malfeasance in office; punishment.
83-149 - Department of Correctional Services-made goods; catalog; estimates of materials required.
83-150 - Correctional Industries Revolving Fund; created; use; investment.
83-151 - Department of Correctional Services-made goods; transportation and sale.
83-152 - Goods made by confined persons; reciprocity.
83-153 - Money or personal property to credit of inmate or patient; claim; time for presentment.
83-154 - Money to credit of inmate or patient; claim; failure to assert; disposition.
83-162.04 - Transferred to section 71-817.
83-171 - Department of Correctional Services; created; duties.
83-172 - Director of Correctional Services; appointment; salary; qualifications.
83-173 - Director of Correctional Services; duties.
83-173.01 - Director of Correctional Services; release of certain convicts; duties.
83-173.02 - Use of restrictive housing; director; report.
83-173.03 - Use of restrictive housing; levels; department; duties; use of immediate segregation.
83-174.01 - Dangerous sex offender; terms, defined.
83-174.02 - Dangerous sex offender; evaluation; Department of Correctional Services; duties; notice.
83-174.04 - Violation of condition of community supervision; actions authorized.
83-174.05 - Violation of conditions of community supervision; penalty.
83-175 - Committed person; treatment; duties.
83-176 - Director of Correctional Services; designate place of confinement.
83-177 - Facility; chief executive officer; designation.
83-179 - Person committed; physical examination; evaluation; contents; recommendations.
83-181 - Committed offender; health care; food and clothing; access to attorney.
83-182 - Director; establish programs.
83-182.01 - Structured programming; evaluation.
83-183 - Persons committed; employment; wages; use; rules and regulations.
83-183.01 - Persons committed; wages; disposition; director; adopt rules and regulations.
83-184.01 - Restitution order; collection from wage funds; report.
83-185 - Transferred to section 83-4,114.01.
83-186 - Visitors of facilities; enumerated.
83-187 - Release of person committed; procedures.
83-187.01 - Legislative intent.
83-188 - Board of Parole; created; act, how construed; employees.
83-189 - Board of Parole; members; appointment; qualifications; chairperson; duties.
83-190 - Board of Parole; members; terms; removal; procedure.
83-191 - Board of Parole; members; restriction on activities; salary.
83-192 - Board of Parole; chairperson; powers; duties.
83-192.01 - Board of Parole Grant Awards Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
83-194 - Board of Parole; advise Board of Pardons upon request.
83-195 - Board of Parole; issue process; service; compel attendance of witnesses; fees.
83-196 - Board of Parole; quorum; decisions; record.
83-197 - Department of Correctional Services; records to be kept.
83-198 - Prohibited acts; violation; penalty.
83-199 - Board of Parole; provision of law not applicable.
83-1,100 - Division of Parole Supervision; created; duties; parole officer compensation.
83-1,100.02 - Person on parole; levels of supervision; Division of Parole Supervision; duties.
83-1,101 - Director of Supervision and Services; appointment; qualifications.
83-1,102 - Director of Supervision and Services; duties.
83-1,103 - Field parole service; duties.
83-1,103.01 - Lifetime community supervision; parole officer; duties.
83-1,103.03 - Lifetime community supervision; Division of Parole Supervision; annual review.
83-1,104 - District parole officer; duties.
83-1,106 - Maximum term; credit; how obtained.
83-1,107.01 - Fees; waiver; when; failure to pay; effect.
83-1,107.02 - Parole Program Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
83-1,108 - Board of Parole; reduction of sentence for good conduct; provisions; forfeiture.
83-1,109 - Chief executive officer; good time; report; Director of Correctional Services; duties.
83-1,110 - Committed offender; eligible for release on parole; when.
83-1,110.01 - Substance abuse therapy; department; duties; waiver of requirement by board; when.
83-1,110.02 - Medical parole; eligibility; conditions; term.
83-1,110.03 - Medical parole; revocation; effect.
83-1,112 - Committed offender; eligible for parole; parole plan of offender.
83-1,113 - Board of Parole and employees; access to offender; reports on conduct and character.
83-1,114 - Board; deferment of parole; grounds.
83-1,115 - Board of Parole; determination regarding committed offender's parole; factors considered.
83-1,116 - Committed offender; release on parole; conditions of parole.
83-1,117 - Parolee; conditions of parole.
83-1,120 - Parolee; violation of parole; hearing.
83-1,121 - Parolee; legal custody of Board of Parole; action of board.
83-1,122 - Parolee; violation of parole; action of Board of Parole.
83-1,122.01 - Board of Parole; jurisdiction.
83-1,123 - Parole; revoked; action of Board of Parole.
83-1,125 - Warrant or detainer; Director of Supervision and Services; board; duties.
83-1,126 - Board of Pardons; created; members; secretary.
83-1,126.01 - Persons subject to act.
83-1,127 - Board of Pardons; duties.
83-1,128 - Board of Pardons; issue process; service; compel attendance of witnesses; fees.
83-1,129 - Board of Pardons; pardon authority; application; consideration.
83-1,130 - Board of Pardons; pardon authority; application; limitation; relief granted or denied.
83-1,131 - Offender; granted a reprieve; commit to Department of Correctional Services.
83-1,133 - Prohibited acts; threat of harm to member of Board of Pardons; penalty.
83-1,134 - Administrative procedure provisions; not applicable.
83-1,135.01 - Transferred to section 83-1,110.01.
83-1,135.03 - Parolee; permission to leave; when.
83-1,135.05 - Rules and regulations; inmate outside correctional facility.
83-1,136 - Transferred to section 83-925.
83-1,137 - Transferred to section 83-927.
83-1,138 - Transferred to section 83-928.
83-1,139 - Transferred to section 83-929.
83-1,140 - Transferred to section 83-930.
83-1,143.06 - Developmental disability regions; enumerated.
83-1,147 - Transferred to section 83-101.06.
83-1,148 - Transferred to section 83-125.
83-203 - Transferred to section 79-11,111.
83-204 - Transferred to section 79-11,100.
83-207 - Transferred to section 79-1906.
83-210.01 - Transferred to section 71-8612.
83-210.02 - Transferred to section 71-8610.
83-210.03 - Transferred to section 71-8611.
83-211 - Transferred to section 71-8605.
83-211.02 - Transferred to section 71-8606.
83-217 - Beatrice State Developmental Center; designation.
83-218 - Beatrice State Developmental Center; purpose.
83-223 - Order of commitment where mentally handicapped person is an inmate in a state institution.
83-227.02 - Inmates; transfer; care; cost; exception.
83-239 - Transferred to section 43-901.
83-240 - Transferred to section 43-902.
83-241 - Transferred to section 43-903.
83-242 - Transferred to section 43-904.
83-243 - Transferred to section 43-905.
83-245 - Transferred to section 43-906.
83-246 - Transferred to section 43-617.
83-247 - Transferred to section 43-618.
83-305 - State hospitals for the mentally ill; official titles.
83-305.01 - Psychiatric services; administration.
83-305.02 - Psychiatric services; operation; laws governing.
83-305.04 - Regional centers; rehabilitation model.
83-308.02 - Transferred to section 83-1071.
83-313 - Department of Health and Human Services; trustee for state hospitals for the mentally ill.
83-324 - Department; voluntary application for admission.
83-336 - Department; mental health board; forms; rules and regulations.
83-340 - State hospitals for the mentally ill; voluntary patient; discharge; when.
83-340.01 - Transferred to section 71-936.
83-351 - Expenses; adjustment between counties; patients transferred from a state institution.
83-354 - State hospitals for the mentally ill; equal treatment; special care at private expense.
83-356 - Mentally ill persons; mistreatment; liability; penalty.
83-357 - Persons supposed mentally ill; liberty not to be restricted; exception.
83-364 - Cost of patient care; liability of patient and relatives.
83-365 - Cost of patient care; department; determine.
83-366 - Cost of patient care; assess against patient or relatives; limitations.
83-367 - Cost of patient care; relatives; limitation.
83-368 - Cost of patient care; ability to pay; factors.
83-370 - Cost of patient care; failure to furnish information; effect.
83-371 - Department; rules and regulations; adopt.
83-372 - Cost of patient care; county board; duties.
83-373 - Cost of patient care; determination; redetermination annually.
83-374 - Cost of patient care; hearing; appeal.
83-375 - Cost of patient care; failure to pay; action by Attorney General.
83-377 - Cost of patient care; guardian; duties; liability.
83-378 - Cost of patient care; claim against estate; voluntary payments.
83-379 - Cost of patient care; fraudulent transfers; effect.
83-382 - Residential facilities; admission; department; jurisdiction.
83-383 - Residential facilities; admission; application; by whom; appointment of guardian.
83-384 - Residential facilities; application for admission; contents.
83-385 - Residential facilities; application for admission; referral; return of findings.
83-386 - Residential facilities; admission; selection by department; priority.
83-388 - Residential facilities; detention after the age of majority.
83-389 - Residential facility; person with an intellectual disability; removal; notice; procedure.
83-390 - Residential facilities; persons admitted; rights retained; rules and regulations.
83-393 - Persons needing care; admission.
83-415 - Department of Correctional Services; violence; suppression.
83-420 - Federal prisoners; expenses.
83-422 - Delivering prisoners to chief executive officer; documents.
83-423 - Costs; transporting prisoners; returning fugitives from justice; counties to pay.
83-427 - Adult facility; escapee.
83-432.01 - Expiration of act.
83-432.02 - Expiration of act.
83-432.03 - Expiration of act.
83-432.04 - Expiration of act.
83-432.05 - Expiration of act.
83-443 - Financial interest in inmate labor prohibited; violation; penalty.
83-444 - Department officers and employees; interest in prison work prohibited.
83-454 - Howard's Day; observance in all state penal and reformatory institutions.
83-472 - Transferred to section 43-412.
83-473 - Transferred to section 28-912.01.
83-490 - Transferred to section 83-473.01.
83-4,101 - Transferred to section 43-413.
83-4,102 - Transferred to section 43-414.
83-4,104 - Transferred to section 43-415.
83-4,109 - Adult institutions; disciplinary procedures; laws governing.
83-4,111 - Rules and regulations; purpose; contents; rights and privileges of inmates.
83-4,112 - Rules and regulations; filed; distributed; inmates to be informed of rules and policies.
83-4,113 - Adult disciplinary action; rules posted.
83-4,114.01 - Chief executive officer; responsibilities; duties; discipline of inmates.
83-4,114.02 - Inmate; disciplinary measures; confirmation testing.
83-4,115 - Review of disciplinary action; administrative review boards; membership.
83-4,116 - Transferred to section 83-4,136.
83-4,117 - Transferred to section 83-4,137.
83-4,118 - Transferred to section 83-4,138.
83-4,119 - Transferred to section 83-4,139.
83-4,120 - Infraction of rules or policies; report; filed with warden.
83-4,121 - Disciplinary proceeding; when commenced; exception.
83-4,122 - Disciplinary procedures; director establish; principles.
83-4,123 - Access to courts and legal assistance unrestricted.
83-4,125 - Detention and juvenile facilities; terms, defined.
83-4,126 - Jail Standards Board; powers and duties; enumerated.
83-4,127 - Jail Standards Board; develop and implement standards for criminal detention facilities.
83-4,128 - Criminal detention facilities; minimum construction standards.
83-4,129 - Criminal detention facilities; maintenance standards; enumerated.
83-4,130 - Criminal detention facilities; operation standards; enumerated.
83-4,131 - Detention and staff secure juvenile facility; inspection; report.
83-4,135 - Inmate; right to file grievance; procedure.
83-4,136 - Grievance review procedures; records.
83-4,138 - Grievance procedures; inmates to be informed of procedures.
83-4,139 - Use of grievance procedure unrestricted.
83-4,142 - Department of Correctional Services; duties; legislative intent.
83-4,144 - Incarceration work camp; release on parole.
83-4,145 - Incarceration work camp; failure to complete program; effect.
83-4,146 - Incarceration work camp; costs.
83-4,155 - Community standard of health care.
83-4,156 - Medical director; appointment.
83-4,157 - Medical director; duties.
83-4,158 - Internal credentialing program.
83-4,159 - Health care personnel and clinics; requirements.
83-4,160 - Medical treatment protocols.
83-4,161 - Communicable diseases; medical treatment protocols.
83-4,162 - Drugs; medical treatment protocols.
83-4,163 - Surgical procedures; medical treatment protocols.
83-4,164 - Peer review and quality assurance program.
83-4,165 - Medical program; accreditation.
83-601 - Transferred to section 76-725.
83-801 - Interstate Compact on Mental Health; contents.
83-802 - Chief executive officer of Department of Health and Human Services; duties.
83-803 - Compact administrator; powers.
83-804 - Compact administrator; arrange for payments to discharge financial obligations.
83-806 - Secretary of State; authorized copies; distribution.
83-902 - Department of Correctional Services; seal; certification of documents.
83-905 - Department; control of adult corrections and secure youth facility.
83-906 - Staffing analysis; report.
83-908 - Department of Correctional Services; estimate of appropriations; prepare.
83-909 - Department; gather information; encourage scientific investigation.
83-911 - Director; information for Legislature.
83-911.01 - Transferred to section 83-925.11.
83-912 - Director, employee; no gift or gratuity; violation; removal from office.
83-913 - Cash received; remit to State Treasurer; report to department.
83-914 - Emergency Revolving Fund; funding; accounting.
83-915 - Trust funds; investment; income; use.
83-915.01 - Inmate Welfare and Club Accounts Fund; created; use; investment.
83-917 - Reentry Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
83-918 - Strategic plan; contents; report; appear at hearing.
83-922 - Department of Correctional Services; duties; divisions enumerated.
83-924 - Assistant director; duties, powers, and responsibilities.
83-925.01 - Transferred to section 43-402.
83-925.02 - Transferred to section 43-404.
83-925.06 - Transferred to section 43-407.
83-925.07 - Transferred to section 43-406.
83-925.12 - Transferred to section 43-408.
83-925.13 - Transferred to section 43-411.
83-931 - Assistant director of the Division of Community-Centered Services; qualifications.
83-932 - Division of Community-Centered Services; duties.
83-933 - Division of Parole Supervision; Director of Supervision and Services; duties.
83-936 - Adult Diagnostic and Evaluation Services Program; duties.
83-938 - Division of Adult Services; assistant director; qualifications.
83-939 - Division of Adult Services; duties.
83-942 - Division of Administrative Services; assistant director; qualifications.
83-943 - Division of Administrative Services; duties.
83-945 - Transferred to section 83-4,124.
83-946 - Transferred to section 83-4,125.
83-948 - Transferred to section 83-4,126.
83-948.01 - Transferred to section 83-4,127.
83-948.02 - Transferred to section 83-4,128.
83-948.03 - Transferred to section 83-4,129.
83-948.04 - Transferred to section 83-4,130.
83-950 - Transferred to section 83-4,131.
83-951 - Transferred to section 83-4,132.
83-952 - Transferred to section 83-4,133.
83-953 - Transferred to section 83-4,134.
83-957 - Central warehouse system; authorized.
83-958 - Department of Correctional Services Warehouse Revolving Fund; created; use; investment.
83-959 - Separate budget programs required.
83-962 - Correctional system overcrowding emergency; Governor; declaration; when; effect.
83-963 - Department; annual report; contents.
83-964 - Sentence of death; how enforced.
83-965 - Director of Correctional Services; written execution protocol; contents.
83-966 - Lethal injection; participation of professional; how treated under other law.
83-968 - Method of execution declared unconstitutional; effect on sentence.
83-969 - Punishment inflicted; exclude view of persons; exception.
83-970 - Execution; persons permitted.
83-1001 - Transferred to section 71-902.
83-1002 - Transferred to section 71-903.
83-1004 - Transferred to section 71-905.
83-1005 - Transferred to section 71-904.
83-1006 - Transferred to section 71-914.
83-1007 - Transferred to section 71-911.
83-1007.01 - Transferred to section 71-909.
83-1009 - Transferred to section 71-908.
83-1009.01 - Transferred to section 71-907.
83-1009.02 - Transferred to section 71-913.
83-1010 - Transferred to section 71-906.
83-1011 - Transferred to section 71-910.
83-1014 - Transferred to section 71-912.
83-1016 - Transferred to section 71-917.
83-1017 - Transferred to section 71-915.
83-1019 - Transferred to section 71-918.
83-1020 - Transferred to section 71-919.
83-1024 - Transferred to section 71-921.
83-1026 - Transferred to section 71-922.
83-1027 - Transferred to section 71-923.
83-1035 - Transferred to section 71-924.
83-1037 - Transferred to section 71-925.
83-1039 - Transferred to section 71-926.
83-1041 - Transferred to section 71-927.
83-1042 - Transferred to section 71-928.
83-1043 - Transferred to section 71-930.
83-1044 - Transferred to section 71-931.
83-1045 - Transferred to section 71-932.
83-1045.01 - Transferred to section 71-933.
83-1045.02 - Transferred to section 71-934.
83-1046 - Transferred to section 71-935.
83-1047 - Transferred to section 71-943.
83-1048 - Transferred to section 71-944.
83-1049 - Transferred to section 71-945.
83-1050 - Transferred to section 71-946.
83-1051 - Transferred to section 71-947.
83-1052 - Transferred to section 71-948.
83-1053 - Transferred to section 71-949.
83-1054 - Transferred to section 71-950.
83-1055 - Transferred to section 71-951.
83-1056 - Transferred to section 71-952.
83-1057 - Transferred to section 71-953.
83-1058 - Transferred to section 71-954.
83-1059 - Transferred to section 71-955.
83-1060 - Transferred to section 71-956.
83-1061 - Transferred to section 71-957.
83-1062 - Transferred to section 71-958.
83-1064 - Transferred to section 71-960.
83-1066 - Transferred to section 71-959.
83-1068 - Transferred to section 71-961.
83-1069 - Transferred to section 71-962.
83-1071 - Transferred to section 71-939.
83-1072 - Transferred to section 71-940.
83-1073 - Transferred to section 71-941.
83-1074 - Transferred to section 71-942.
83-1078 - Transferred to section 71-901.
83-1079 - Transferred to section 71-937.
83-1080 - Transferred to section 71-938.
83-1202.01 - Appropriations; legislative findings.
83-1203 - Definitions, where found.
83-1204 - Department, defined.
83-1205 - Developmental disability, defined.
83-1206.01 - Intellectual disability, defined.
83-1207 - Specialized program, defined.
83-1208 - Specialized service, defined.
83-1210 - Local field offices.
83-1211 - Responsibility for cost of services.
83-1212.01 - Advisory Committee on Developmental Disabilities; created; members; expenses; duties.
83-1215 - Department; authority granted for specialized services; social services; duties.
83-1216 - Department; duties; services; legislative intent; priorities.
83-1216.01 - Quality management and improvement plan; purpose; contents; implementation report.
83-1216.02 - Insufficient funds to provide services; department; duties; termination.
83-1218 - Specialized program; local governing board; duties.
83-1219 - Complaints and hearings; procedures.
83-1220 - Hearing officers; qualifications.
83-1221 - Hearing officer; powers and duties.
83-1222 - Hearing; rights of parties; hearing officer; production of evidence.
83-1223 - Hearing officer; subpoena power; enforcement.
83-1225 - School district; provide transition services; enumerated.
83-1226 - Rules and regulations.
83-1228 - Developmental disabilities system; evaluation; consultant; qualifications; report.