CEC Snatches Contract with Burnet County Jail

The Burnet County and those involved with the operation of the Burnet County Jail have entered into a verbal agreement with New Jersey’s Community Education Centers (CEC). CEC will begin operating the facility on April 1. 

County officials, bondholders and the Public Facility Corporation, which provides funding for the jail, and CEC negotiated the contract on Wednesday at the Burnet County Courthouse. The official process of signing contracts could begin on Friday, provided that there is no dissent.

CEC has employees who are observing procedures at the jail. The facility has been run  by Southwest Corrections since 2008. Southwest Corrections’ contract expires on March 31.