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Jail to be privatized
By Cleburne Times-Review
Published: 07/03/2008

TEXAS - Johnson County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to turn operations of the Johnson County Corrections Center over to Community Education Centers beginning Sept. 1. The New Jersey company will oversee management of about 125 jail employees within the sheriff’s office. Other sheriff’s employees, such as deputies and detectives, will remain county employees. Affected jail personnel will retain their salaries and positions, said Sheriff Bob Alford.

“If I didn’t feel this was what is best for the employees, the county and the tax savings, I wouldn’t be here,” Alford said. Read more.

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