OMAHA, Neb. —

At Never Give Up Transitional Living, LB50 is a good thing.

“These guys deserve an opportunity to come out. You know, a lot of these guys were low-level offenders,” Shane Reilly said.

Reilly is the director of Never Give Up.

The bill expands problem-solving courts and accelerates parole eligibility for some offenders under the criteria of good behavior, completed required programming and serving at least 80 percent of their sentence.

Ryan Sorenson has been out of prison for almost two months. He said he was one of the first inmates released under LB 50 .

“I was released June 30, 2025,” Sorenson said.

It's his second time in prison after over a decade of doing good. Sorenson said he began to backpedal.

“After being incarcerated for about a year, I decided that I've

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