LINCOLN- Gov. Ricketts announced the selection of a new Director of Corrections, who will replace the current Director Scott Frakes, who will be leaving the position next month.

Diane Sabatka-Rine will replace Frakes as Director of Corrections. Sabatka-Rine has served in the department for nearly 40 years, and has held warden positions at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, Lincoln Correctional Center, and the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center.

Sabatka-Rine currently serves as the chief of operations at the Nebraska Department of Corrections, where she oversees deputy directors who run Nebraska prisons, certain programs, and administrative services and industries.

Sabatka-Rine is slated to take the position on October 8th, the day Frakes will be stepping down.

Ricketts also chose a replacement for Chris Cantrell, the current State Fire Marshall, who announced his resignation alongside Frakes. Doug Hohbein will take over as interim State Fire Marshall on October 15th.

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