Tecumseh State Correctional Institution

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Front entrance to TSCI.

The Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI) is a medium/maximum security state correctional institution for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services.

TSCI, located in 2 miles north of Tecumseh, Nebraska, was established in 1997. Building commenced in 1998 and TSCI began accepting inmates in December 2001. All inmates at TSCI are males adjudicated as adults and classified as medium or maximum custody. (Approximately 30 minimum custody inmates are housed at TSCI for outside grounds, administration building, and warehouse jobs.) The institution has a design capacity for 960 inmates. TSCI is the only facility in Nebraska to house death row inmates (except inmates who are within a week of their execution which are housed at Nebraska State Penitentiary).

Security Levels: Maximum, Medium, Death Row, Minimum (Prison workers)
Average Population: 801
Number of Staff: 432
Cost Per Inmate Per Year: $33,377