Commissioners: No new jail soon

Decatur Daily Democrat:

The three Adams County commissioners were united on Monday in squelching any public beliefs that county officials will move ahead soon to build a new county jail.
Commissioner Doug Bauman said he received several telephone calls from citizens who were concerned over the jail issue after reading newspaper stories last week about possible jail-construction ideas that were discussed at the March session of the Adams County Council.
Bauman strongly stressed that a special committee has been set up to study only what to do with the downtown Decatur building that houses Adams Superior Court and the probation department. The jail is not under formal discussion at all by that committee, Bauman said....