The Nebraska Department of Corrections says an inmate who was incorrectly discharged has been brought back into custody.

NDCS said Amjad Almusa, 28, was supposed to be transferred to the Norfolk Regional Center upon completion of his sentence in Omaha, but was mistakenly released.

Almusa was originally convicted of third degree sexual assault of a vulnerable person in 2012. Court records list him as "a dangerous sex offender."

Since his commitment, court records indicate Almusa has been charged with multiple felony assaults on health care workers at the Norfolk Regional Center.

“Standard procedure is that an individual is held at the facility until the appropriate law enforcement agency assumes custody to fulfill the detainer or hold,” said Scott R. Frakes, director of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. “In this case, the hold was overlooked and the individual was released from the facility. The circumstances surrounding this release are under investigation.”

NDCS said law enforcement was notified as soon as the oversight was detected. Almusa started serving his sentence on April 27, 2020. He received a maximum one year sentence for two counts of assault on a Department of Health and Human Services employee out of Madison County.