Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-961

For purposes of the Correctional System Overcrowding Emergency Act: (1) Board means the Board of Parole; (2) Committed offender has the definition found in section 83-170 ; (3) Department means the Department of Correctional Services; (4) Design capacity means the total designed bed space in facilities operated by the department, as certified by the director; (5) Director means the Director of Correctional Services; (6) Operational capacity means one hundred twenty-five percent of design capacity; (7) Population means the actual number of inmates assigned to facilities operated by the department and does not include inmates assigned to county-operated correctional institutions; and (8) Violent offense means any one or more of the following crimes: Murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, manslaughter, assault in the first degree, kidnapping, sexual assault in the first degree, or robbery.