Amanda Lee Sullivan, 47, died of schizophrenia, with other significant conditions of hyponatremia, according to the coroner.

Howard County corrections officers' salaries are increasing by more than 5%. The County Council last week unanimously approved an additional appropriation of $55,911.60 to increase the annual ...

May 14—A former Howard County corrections officer who battered an inmate has been sentenced to 18 months. Colin Byrd will spend nearly all of that time on supervised probation. According to the ...

KOKOMO, Ind. (WISH) — Nine discipline charges are being filed against Howard County Judge Matthew J. Elkin, claiming that he displayed a pattern of vulgar disrespect, used a tactic called ...

KOKOMO, Ind. — An internal investigation at the Howard County Jail led to a corrections officer being charged for using excessive force against an inmate and, authorities say, this isn't the first ...

UPDATE (5/2/2024): Colin Byrd pleaded guilty to one count of battery and was sentenced to 546 days of probation. KOKOMO, Ind. — A Howard County corrections officer is being charged with felony ...

A Howard County bus aide accused of assaulting two students in Ellicott City will stay in jail for now, after a judge denied his bond Monday. Albert Rice Jr. is charged with two counts of second ...

An internal investigation led to the arrest of a Howard County corrections officer who's accused of sexual misconduct with an inmate in a work release program, the sheriff's office said Wednesday.

On Jan. 3, the sheriff’s office received a complaint from a woman who was incarcerated in the Howard County Jail that accused corrections officer Colin M. Byrd, 22, of battery.

Howard County Judge Elkin is accused of using a "Game or Jail" tactic, belittling a domestic violence victim, publicly humiliated people in his court, and following staff outside the courthouse.

An Essex County corrections officer says she was targeted as part of a bogus investigation after the death of an inmate, which she said had nothing to do with her. Idesha Howard filed a lawsuit in ...

Idesha Howard, 47, states in court papers she had a stellar record as a jail employee, until the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office charged her in March 2022 with falsification of documents and of ...