A worker runs electric wire in a staff training/education room in the administrative area of the new jail, which is situated on 11 acres along state Route 29 in Celina.

The new $12 million jail won't be flashy but it will have state-of-the-art technology and a design geared to serve the county for many years to come, officials say. Walls of cement block - instead of more modern dry wall - give . . .