Corrections Specialist; Booking, TCCC Records and Classification

Are you looking for a great place to work that allows you to utilize your skillset in a fast-paced environment? Do you have office/clerical experience? If you answered yes, then you need to apply for Travis County Sheriff's Office Corrections Specialist (Central Booking, TCCC Records and Classification) Position.

Travis County offers a premier Total Rewards Package that includes a highly rated retirement plan, vacation and sick leave, 3 personal holidays, 12 company holidays, longevity pay, tuition reimbursement, medical, dental, and vision, and a free employee health care clinic.

This is a job classification within the Administrative Support job family. This is a specialized classification with duties similar but not identical to the Office Specialist Senior title. Incumbents perform complex and advanced decision making without supervision on matters of release of inmate charges and determination of level of security housing required for each inmate.

• Must be willing to work flexible hours including weekends, holidays, and shift work. Will have indirect contact with incarcerated persons.
• Updates inmate records on the computer system and manually maintains all inmate incarceration files. Compiles and creates Daily Jail Population Report. Responsible for the preparation of files and property for moves and transfer lists. Reviews criminal histories; jail behavior; counselor assessments; intake and PREA screening. Makes inmate inquiries and runs criminal history reports.
• Conducts emergency moves requested by Security, Medical or Mental Health staff; arranges for emergency inmate moves. Determines and creates moves of all newly incarcerated inmates into permanent housing as determined by Texas Commission on Jail Standards. Determines eligibility and assigns inmate worker positions. Reviews and completes Sex Offender Registrations.
• Conducts Classification and reassessments of inmates confined in custody. Conducts reassessments of inmates upon guilty findings after administrative disciplinary procedures, added criminal charges or dismissals. Determines need for override of inmate's classification or need for Jail Management Team review.
• Operates base radio within the jail detention complex and maintains contact with all downtown jail facility sections (Transportation, Travis County Jail, Courthouse Security, Central Booking).
• Monitors radio for routine and emergency transmissions. Monitors and operates security alarm systems throughout Travis County facilities. Operates electronic control panel for access to the facility. Operates screening devices, such as the X-Ray machine.
• Monitors security cameras to track normal inmate movement and identify security violations in all areas, including MPS and isolation areas. Provides surveillance of activity in open seating with non-classified inmates and cell areas.
• Coordinates access into, within, and out of the downtown jail facility. Coordinates incoming and outgoing traffic in the Sallyport (Arresting Agency Transports, Transportation Sedans and Buses, EMS, Crime Lab, various other agencies and civilian access).
• Relays information between buildings, supervisors, officers, and the general public.
• Reports all suspicious behavior and activity to appropriate personnel. Responds to panic and fire alarms throughout the courthouses and other locations. Writes reports or supplements to incidents or violations of the law.
• Researches, responds and documents all inmate requests regarding their incarceration, classification, and requests for worker status. Conducts research for state and federal agencies regarding inmate benefits.
• Enters routine financial and other data on the computer system, balances source data to the cash drawer, and funds transfer ledger. Independently processes legal documents; accepts and processes bonds and fine payments. Enters warrants onto Jail Record, sets up court magistrations, and determines court dates upon release. Processes funds for release to inmates, attorneys, bonds people, or the public. Writes checks on inmate accounts as authorized.
• Processes new inmates by booking, interviewing, completing paperwork, taking photographs, taking all property, including clothes and money to be held while in custody. Maintains accurate inventory and account of inmate property and money when they are detained. Returns appropriate belongings, such as money or clothing, to detainees when released.
• Performs inmates’ sentence…