Hays County Sheriff's Office Corrections Officer
Under administrative supervision, the Corrections Officer performs duties to ensure the safety and security of all inmates and staff in the jail facility. This position maintains that level of security while conducting the operations of the jail at the County Sheriff's Office. This position affects the operation of the Sheriff's Office as well as the well-being of inmates, county employees and the public. The work involves addressing a variety of problems and situations. The Corrections officer must have a strong work ethic. The Corrections Officer must follow directions, meet deadlines, have good attendance, be punctual, be reliable, be honest and have integrity, be free from moral turpitude and have a proper attitude.
Individual serves at the pleasure of the elected official
Responsibilities include assuring the services delivered by the Sheriff's Office meet quality and timeliness standards, monitoring cameras to observe inmate movement and interaction and document any unusual occurrences, controlling doors throughout the facility to control access into and out of various parts of the facility, communicating with inmates to provide and receive information, maintaining daily activity log for succeeding shifts, transferring inmates to and from Bonding to other areas within the Jail, receiving criminal histories of inmates, conducting headcounts of inmates in their daily activities of recreation, work, and other multiple locations, maintaining constant vigilance for unusual or questionable activity by inmates, assisting other officers as needed, releasing inmates to work releases and checking work release inmates back into the facility, delivering inmate food trays and picking them up at the end of meal periods, receiving and delivering inmate request forms, including visitation, commissary, medical, and other requests, conducting pat downs of incoming arrestees for security and safety of inmates and staff, obtaining personal information on inmates for booking process including medical history, suicidal tendencies, next of kin, place of birth, tattoos, address, phone, and other related information, updating information and processes arrestees into the jail, photographing and fingerprinting arrestees and inmates for local and out of county agencies, assisting Judge in magistration by preparing proper forms and rosters, preparing necessary paperwork and interviewing inmates for criminal history, violent and aggressive tendencies, escape history, etc. to determine the most suitable housing assignment, locating appropriate inmates for assignment to trustee position (inmate worker), entering data into inmate classification files, updating and producing various lists, documents and forms maintained on the computer, resolving disputes involving inmates, maintaining inmate phone system as directed, providing a uniform procedure of inmate visitation so all inmates that have completed the policy requirements may have visitors, answering and filing requests from inmates pertaining to visitation, providing for the safety and security of inmates and staff by ensuring the care, custody and control of the inmate and protecting the inmate from themselves and others, operating the commissary funds by making deposits and withdrawals from inmate accounts as they order commissary items and invoicing inmate accounts for payments while ensuring total accuracy by balancing accounts daily, delivering commissary items to inmates, making bank deposits, writing checks and balancing checking accounts, accounting for and handling petty cash as needed, providing the equipment and supplies needed to maintain a clean environment to which to live, prohibiting the growth and spread of disease, varmints, rodents, and parasites, supervising the Jail laundry ensuring clothing and other articles are washed, disinfected, and clean on a regular basis promoting a clean work environment for fellow employees and inmates, escorting inmates to see family members in emergency situations, including critical illness, death, funeral, and other similar situations as well as scheduled doctor and dentist appointments, warrants, court commitments, hospitals, and other locations as authorized, visually checking inmates and providing safety measures for inmates while working grounds maintenance outside the facility proper and directing inmates in the conduct of work to be performed, providing meals for the inmates while on ground maintenance details and working with classification officers to decide who may go outside the jail setting to work grounds maintenance, assisting inmates with daily work assignments and solving problems and answering questions from inmates, cataloguing and processing evidence to make sure the chain of custody is followed and items are stored in accordance with policies and procedures, keeping records on evidence and property and filing proper records to place property tags with case files and property control sheets, researching cases and dispositions, photographing and fingerprinting the public for job requirements, concealed weapon permits, and other related requirements, picking up inmate mail from each picket and delivering mail to the post office, delivering inner office mail to and from the Sheriff's Office and Government Center, screening incoming mail to inmates for contraband, logging incoming legal mail for attorneys, courts, Department of Justice, and other similar reasons, responding directly to inmate requests to provide assistance, as needed using in-house or referral sources, communicating via telephone with the public answering their questions, releasing inmates on their scheduled release date after verifying that it is the inmates release date, accepting cash bonds, surety bonds, attorney bonds, out-of-county bonds and fine money and releasing inmates upon receipt of the appropriate bond, and rendering credible testimony in any court proceeding to include Justice Courts, County Courts, District Courts and any U.S. Federal Court.
Education and/or Experience: High School diploma or GED, any combination of education and experience equivalent to the required education and experience and required knowledge, skills, and abilities sufficient to successfully perform the duties and responsibilities of this job, experience in corrections preferred.
Other Qualifications, Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Licensed TCOLE Basic Jailer must be obtained within one year of hire date in position, ability to maintain continuing education requirements as outlined by TCOLE, Class C TX driver's license, must be 20 years of age, must pass typing test at 15 WPM.