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LINCOLN — State legislators still want more explanation of why a critical report about a deadly 2015 prison riot wasn’t released until last month.

After a three-hour hearing Tuesday, the chairwoman of the meeting said Nebraska Corrections Director Scott Frakes needs to provide more information when the Legislature convenes next month.

“I think we’ve left a to-do list for the next committee,” said State Sen. Laura Ebke, who will leave the Legislature in January after losing her bid for re-election.

At the hearing, a handful of state legislators criticized Frakes for not publicly releasing the $20,000 consultants’ report on the Mother’s Day riot at the Tecumseh State Prison, a riot that left two inmates dead and caused $2 million in damage. A trio of authorities who testified also said there was no reason to withhold the report.

The 2015 riot was the state’s worst prison uprising in six decades.