Corrections Officer (Lateral Entry)

Salary: $86,327.28 – $90,211.68 Annually

Position Summary:

The Corrections Officer reports directly to the Corrections Sergeant in the Police Department. After an initial training period, employees perform duties without direct supervision except for unusual or difficult problems occasionally encountered when assistance or advice may be required. When working in the jail, employees may be responsible for assigning duties to jail trustees.

Essential Functions:

• Receives prisoners from arresting officers and books prisoners into the jail facility, takes pictures, takes fingerprints, and completes a variety of records;
• Searches prisoners (same or opposite gender); inventories and secures prisoner’s property;
• Applies physical force required if necessary to restrain an intoxicated, suicidal, rowdy or abusive prisoner;
• Directs the activities of trustees or personally prepares and serves meals to prisoners, cleans jail areas and other related duties;
• Issues jail clothing, bedding and personal items to prisoners;
• Escorts visitors and prisoners to and from court hearings, ensures that jail standards are being enforced; maintains a variety of records.
• Coordinates medical services for prisoners; administers medication to prisoners under the instructions of medical professionals.
• Schedules and supervises recreation opportunities for prisoners.
• Directs in-custody court video arraignments; works with defendants, judges, court clerks, defense attorneys and language interpreters.
• Maintains records; explains jail procedures, rules, provisions or ordinances to prisoners and citizens and attempts to obtain compliance.
• Maintains records of citations issued; performs related duties as required.
• Maintains jail log book; enters data into the jail program; writes general reports, supplemental reports, use of force reports and memorandums; logs property into evidence room; gives testimony for criminal or civil trials.
• Provides armed prisoner transports to a variety of destinations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Two years of corrections officer experience working for a city, county or state incarceration facility, or five years of patrol officer experience working for a city, county or state law enforcement agency.
• If not currently employed as a corrections officer or police officer, must have no break in service of more than 24 months.
• Successful completion of the Washington State Correction Officers or Basic Law Enforcement Academies or a training program which is equal to the program offered by the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission.
• United States citizen, a lawful permanent resident or a deferred action for childhood arrivals recipient.
• Speak, read, and write the English language.
• Possession of or the ability to obtain, and maintain throughout employment, a valid Washington State driver’s license.