Corrections Officer Entitled To ‘Assault Pay’
Jeffrey Howell was a corrections officer for Essex County, Massachusetts. On January 2, 2018, Howell was working in the Essex County Correctional Facility when, in a different building, one inmate took another inmate hostage by holding a razor blade to his neck. An officer called Howell to help carry a metal footlocker downstairs so its contents could be used to address the hostage situation; in doing so, Howell injured…