Wayne County’s failed jail project.

DETROIT — Two former Wayne County officials, Carla Sledge and Steven Collins, pled not guilty this week to charges related to the failed Wayne County jail project. Sledge served as the former chief administrator for the building authority overseeing the jail’s construction and Collins worked as Chief Assistant Wayne County corporation counsel and board member for the County Building Authority.  

Collins and Sledge pled guilty to charges related to mismanaging the project. Both were charged with misconduct in office and willful neglect of duty. On Tuesday they were arraigned before Judge Thomas Jackson.