The Limestone County Commission signed a contract Wednesday with the state establishing a Community Corrections Program in Limestone County.

Limestone Revenue Enhancement Officer Rodney Jackson and Limestone County District Court Judge Jeanne Anderson gave commissioners details of the new program during a work session Wednesday.

Jackson said the program will start with approximately 75 inmates and five employees.

“It’s more like probation with more restrictions,” Jackson said.

Limestone County has been approved for a $74,400 federal grant through the state. Commissioners signed an agreement with the State Department of Corrections to fund and operate the program from May 1 to Sept. 30.

Anderson said all Limestone County judges are in support of the program. She said no violent criminals will be put in the program which must also be self-supporting to stay in operation.

In other action Wednesday, commissioners announced they will seek bids to demolish the old Limestone County Jail on Green Street.

District 4 Commissioner Bill Daws said he hopes the county will be able to sell the old building which Commission Chairman David Seibert said is unlikely because it is connected with the Limestone County Board of Education which will have a say at what goes in there.

The old jail was closed two years ago when the county opened the new Limestone County Jail and Detention Center on East Elm Street.