Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 83. State Institutions § 83-1,100.02. Person on parole; levels of supervision; department; duties

(1) For purposes of this section:

(2) The department shall establish an evidence-based process that utilizes a risk and needs assessment to measure criminal risk factors, specific individual needs, and responsivity factors.

(3) The risk and needs assessment shall be performed at the commencement of the parole term and every six months thereafter by department staff trained and certified in the use of the risk and needs assessment.

(4) The validity of the risk and needs assessment shall be tested at least every five years.

(5) Based on the results of the risk and needs assessment, the department shall target parolee criminal risk and need factors by focusing sanction, program, and treatment resources on moderate-risk and high-risk parolees.

(6) The department shall provide training to its parole officers on (a) use of a risk and needs assessment, (b) risk-based supervision strategies, (c) relationship skills, (d) cognitive behavioral interventions, (e) community-based resources, (f) criminal risk factors, (g) targeting criminal risk factors to reduce recidivism, (h) proper use of a matrix of administrative sanctions, custodial sanctions, and rewards developed pursuant to section 83-1,119, and (i) addressing responsivity factors. Each parole officer shall complete the training requirements set forth in this subsection within one year after his or her hire date or September 1, 2024, whichever is later.

(7) The department shall provide training for chief parole officers to become trainers so as to ensure long-term and self-sufficient training capacity in the state.