Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-176 (2026)

Director of Correctional Services; designate place of confinement

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(1) Whenever any person is sentenced or committed under any provision of law to a specific facility within the department or to the custody of the warden or superintendent of such facility, he or she shall be deemed to be sentenced or committed to the department.

(2) The director may designate as a place of confinement of a person committed to the department any available, suitable, and appropriate residence facility or institution, whether or not operated by the state, and may at any time transfer such person from one place of confinement to another.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1972–1977 · leading case: Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539 (1974).

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Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539 (1974). · cites it 2× “See Nebraska Treatment and Corrections Act § 7, as amended by LB57, Session Laws 1973, § 1, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-176 (Supp. 1973). Certain changes made in § 83-1,107, between time suit was brought and now, as related in the prior version of the provision, Neb.”

Miller v. Vitek, 437 F. Supp. 569 (D. Neb. 1977). · cites it 2× “Section 83-176, R.R.S. Neb., declares that whenever any person is sentenced or committed under any provision of law to a specific facility within the Department of Correctional Services, “he shall be deemed to be sentenced or committed to the department.”

McDonnell v. Wolff, 342 F. Supp. 616 (D. Neb. 1972). · cites it 2× “(4) The chief executive officer may recommend to the Director of Corrections that a person who is considered to be incorrigible by reason of frequent intentional breaches of discipline, or who is detrimental to the discipline or the morale of the facility, be transferred to…”

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