NE DOC – Lincoln Correctional Center (LCC)

NE DOC – Lincoln Correctional Center (LCC) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 402-479-6175

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at NE DOC – Lincoln Correctional Center (LCC) located at 3216 West Van Dorn St in Lincoln, NE are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

NE DOC – Lincoln Correctional Center (LCC) – Visitation

The Lincoln Correctional Center (LCC), located in the capitol city of Lincoln, Nebraska is a medium/maximum security facility for adult males. Replacing the Men's Reformatory, the present institution was authorized by the 1975 Legislature. The Lincoln Correctional Center, originally a minimum/medium security institution, and the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center, a maximum security facility.

The Lincoln Correctional Center is an adult male, medium/maximum custody facility. Replacing the Men's Reformatory, the present institution was authorized by the Legislature in 1975 and opened in August 1979. LCC sits next to the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center (DEC) and, while the facilities are separate, they continue to employ the extensive use of shared services including food service, maintenance, inmate records, training, safety and sanitation, mail and perimeter security.

LCC provides care, custody and programming to a variety of inmates, primarily younger, first-time inmates. Each housing unit inside the institution is somewhat unique. One unit serves mentally ill and socially and developmentally impaired inmates. One unit is designed to accommodate an inpatient program for sex offenders. One unit is designated to house inmates who have been classified to Protective Management status. The remaining housing units house general population inmates.
The LCC provides care, custody and programming to a variety of inmates, primarily younger, first-time inmates. Each of the housing units of the institution is somewhat unique. One unit serves the mentally ill and socially and developmentally impaired inmates. One unit is designed to accommodate an inpatient program for sex offenders. One unit is designated as segregation, supplementing the sixteen cell Control Unit that is used to house the most disruptive inmates. One unit is designated to house inmates who have been classified to Protective Custody status. The remaining housing units house general population inmates.

visitation Info

NE DOC – Lincoln Correctional Center (LCC) – Visitation

NOTE: The morning session will stop processing visitors at 10:20 am. The afternoon session will stop processing visitors at 3:05 pm. The evening session will stop processing visitors at 7:05 pm. No visitors will be processed during the last 25 minutes of any visiting session. Visitors of general population inmates may visit during any two sessions on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. General population visitors who visit on Saturday or Sunday are limited to one visiting session.