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July 30, 2019Lincoln, NE | By: AP
A Nebraska prison that saw two deadly inmate uprisings in
the last five years is getting a new warden.
The Department of Correctional Services announced Monday that Todd Wasmer has
been chosen to oversee the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution in southeast
Nebraska.
Wasmer assumes his duties in August. He will replace current warden Brad
Hansen, who is retiring after 42 years with the department. Hansen has served as
the prison's warden since 2016.
Wasmer most recently served as an assistant warden of the Eloy Detention Center
in Arizona, a facility housing detainees for Immigrations and Customs
Enforcement. He was previously chief of security for the Citrus County Detention
Facility in Florida.
The Tecumseh prison was the site of two deadly inmate uprisings in 2015 and
2017.
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