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 ...

Jack Kavanagh, director of the Howard County Department of Corrections, announced his retirement Tuesday after 18 years working in Howard County. Kavanagh has worked in the Howard corrections ...

County Executive Calvin Ball named Jama Acuff the new director of the Howard County Department of Corrections on Friday. Acuff, 71, will start May 3 and oversee the more 170 employees at the ...

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 ...

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.

Under a revised policy, the Howard County Department of Corrections will “still accept ICE detainees who have been convicted of a crime of violence as defined in Md. Criminal Law Code Annotated ...

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 ...

The Howard County Council on Monday passed a bill that would stop the county from housing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, but County Executive Calvin Ball has pledged to veto it.

County Executive Calvin Ball named Jama Acuff the new director of the Howard County Department of Corrections on Friday.Acuff, 71, will start May 3 and oversee the more 170 employees at the ...