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 are interested in 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.

The Corrections Specialist (Central Booking, TCCC Records and Classification), under minimal supervision, performs highly responsible work in coordinating and carrying out responsibilities involving inmate incarceration. Makes independent decisions, organizes and prioritizes workload and performs detailed and complex legal procedures associated with the receipt, review and processing of court documents and the review of criminal histories, intake assessments and jail behavior to assign safe and secure inmate housing.

Accepts and processes bonds, fines and cash releases. Processes jail records for retention and subpoenas. Conducts daily coordination with all legal entities involved with inmate incarceration. Conducts statistical research for Governmental Agencies regarding benefit eligibility. With general direction, provides care, custody, and control of inmates in the detention complex.

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…