Voters have defeated a $47 million bond referendum for a new Johnson County justice center. Fifty-six percent of voters said “yes” to the bond issue, but it needed 60 percent to pass. The county wanted to build the justice center next to the existing county courthouse. It would have included offices for the sheriff’s department and clerk of court, new courtrooms and a 243-bed jail. Supporters say it would have ended overcrowding at the current jail. Overflow inmates are housed outside the county at a cost of about $1 million a year.