Correction Officer I
Salary: $25.81 Per Hour
Position Summary:
Performs corrections work ensuring the welfare of adult inmates, court or direct remanded juvenile inmates, departmental and superior court staff, and maintaining security control and custody in a functional unit of a direct supervision jail.* This is distinguished from the Deputy Sheriff classification, which is certified to exercise law enforcement powers.
*In a direct supervision jail, corrections staff controls behavior of the jail population through a proactive concept based on direct inmate supervision. In this setting, inmates are given the responsibility to influence their treatment and privileges through control of their own behavior. This direct supervision approach is unlike the more traditional reactive containment approach, which utilizes bars, security glass and other barriers.
Essential Functions:
- Maintains security of assigned facility by observing and controlling inmate behaviors, enforcing discipline, and reporting observations;
- Inspects the living conditions within the housing units for compliance with sanitation objectives;
- Conducts checks of inmate housing and cell searches for inmate census and detection of contraband;.
- Controls, operates, and inspects life safety equipment, electronic safety and surveillance equipment, and door control systems;
- Performs booking, fingerprinting, identification and records maintenance procedures.
- Reviews all incident numbers, logs those that are major rule violations, and prints out major charge sheet;.
- Reviews all officer incident reports, evidence, and major charge sheets to ensuring violations are clearly identified, follows all protocols, and verifies that reports have been completed correctly;
- Conducts inmate hearings within a timely manner.
Requirements:
- At the time of appointment, applicants must hold a high school diploma or General Education Development (GED) Certificate.
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- Valid driver license is required at time of application.