Sheriff addresses staff changes, jail issues

Throughout 2016, the Van Zandt County Jail has been on a rocky path. From escaped inmates, to deaths of inmates, budget problems, overcrowding and outsourcing of inmates the jail has seen its slew of problems.  VZC Sheriff Dale Corbett said he had a plan to combat all of the speed bumps in the jail’s way, starting with staffing changes.
Corbett said that effective Jan. 1, 2017 “former VZC Chief Deputy of Jail Administrator George Flowers is no longer there.”
Corbett said that while he would “not go into detail,” it was clear that “Chief Deputy of Jail Administration George Flower’s services were no longer needed and we are going to head in a different direction.”
Corbett said that in the interim that he and his staff are “overseeing the budget of the jail right now to get things back on track,” but that he has full faith in the staff that he has chosen.

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