Howard County Department of Corrections

Howard County Police Department
Abbreviation	HCPD
Agency overview
Formed	1975
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	State of Maryland, USA
Map of Howard County Police Department's jurisdiction.
Size	252.04 square miles
Population	272,452
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian agency
Operational structure
Headquarters	Jessup, Maryland 39°16′35″N 76°48′23″W / 39.27639°N 76.80639°W / 39.27639; -76.80639
Notables Person Jack Kavanagh, Director
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Howard County Department of Corrections (HCDC) is the corrections agency servicing 3500 arrests within 252.04 square miles (652.8 km²) of Howard County, Maryland yearly.

History

Corrections in Howard County was handled through the county police. The first institution built was the twelve person Ellicott City Jail in 1878.^[1] In 1975 a separate division was created by County Executive Edward L. Cochran. Its first director was Gerald H. McClellan.^[2]

Organization

The department operates the following facilities

Central Booking Center

Housed at Waterloo southern Police barracks. Moved to Jessup facility opened 28 March 2005

Central Detention Facility

Opened in 1983 with a capacity of 108 inmates. In 1994 the facility was expanded to 361 inmates.

In 2009, the department took over operations of the Howard County Community Service Program, subcontracting to the Serenity Center

See also

• Howard County Police Department (Maryland)
• List of law enforcement agencies in Maryland

References

Howard County, Maryland Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area Administration Howard County Fire Department Howard County Police Department Howard County Department of Corrections Howard County Housing and Community Development Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning County Council County Executive Allan H. Kittleman District 1: Jon Weinstein (Ellicott City/Elkridge) District 2: Calvin Ball, III (East Columbia/Jessup) District 3: Jen Terrasa (South Columbia/North Laurel) District 4: Mary Kay Sigaty (West Columbia) District 5: Greg Fox (Western Howard County) Landmarks Historic Districts Ellicott City Historic District Lawyers Hill Historic District Savage Mill Historic District Historic Landmarks Belmont Estate Clark's Elioak Farm Dorsey Hall Doughoregan Manor Elkridge Furnace Inn Savage Mill Thomas Viaduct Waverley Transportation Howard Transit Maryland Transit Administration MARC (Dorsey, Jessup, Savage, Laurel Race Track) Haysfield Airport Attractions Merriweather Post Pavilion The Mall in Columbia Education Howard Community College Howard County Public School System Parks Patapsco Valley State Park Patuxent River State Park Blandair Park Centennial Park Lake Elkhorn Columbia Lakefront Park Wilde Lake Park Nature Centers Howard County Conservancy Middle Patuxent Environmental Area Robinson Nature Center

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