Correctional Technician

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This position works within the Property Section of the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, and performs a variety of activities including inventorying, issuing, and storing inmate property, assisting the Property Officer with changing inmates into and out of jail clothing, delivering inmate legal mail and publications and notarizing inmate documents. Correctional rechnicians also support the Fairfax Adult Detention Center citizen help desk and answer inquiries from the public.

These positions also assist the Confinement Squads and other sections as needed.
Note: This is a shiftwork position. Working holidays and weekends is an expectation.

(The illustrative duties listed in this specification are representative of the class but are not an all-inclusive list. A complete list of position duties and unique physical requirements can be found in the position job description.)

• Is assigned by a Deputy Sheriff II as needed to workstations in the Property Section, Laundry, Mail Room, Commissary, and Financial Section;
• Participates in a cross-training program to become qualified to perform the duties in each functional area;
• Follows prescribed procedures to safeguard property and facilities and to protect against inmate escapes;
• Assists Deputy Sheriffs during the booking process by inventorying inmate property on the appropriate form, ensuring that the inmate receives a copy;
• Places all confiscated inmate property in a bag marked with the inmate's full name and Adult Detention Center (ADC) number;
• Takes possession of and inventories all controlled items and stores them in a separate place;
• Assists in the processing of inmates during the transition from the booking desk to actual admittance into the general population of the ADC;
• Ensures that new inmates take showers and are issued the items listed in the Inmate Handbook;
• Assigns each inmate a bin number for storage of his/her property;
• Assists in the receiving of property during inmate visiting hours, ensuring that all property received is authorized by the Inmate Handbook and issuing receipts for all property accepted;
• Records all property accepted on the Inmate Property Card, and searches items prior to giving them to the inmate;
• Assists in the process of having inmates change clothing prior to going to and after returning from Circuit Court and Federal Court;
• Ensures that inmates to be released at midnight have changed into street clothing prior to being transported to the booking desk;
• Verifies identification of any individual designated to receive inmate property;
• Ensures that all inmate property is stored when an inmate is placed on Disciplinary Segregation;
• Ensures that new razors are marked and placed in the proper area for shaving;
• Distributes inmate shaving materials to post deputies and, after use, retrieves and discards used shaving materials;
• Assists in the investigation of missing inmate property;
• Oversees inmate workers in the laundry;
• Assists in removing extra clothing and bedding from the cell blocks;
• Assists in the investigation of inmate complaints regarding laundry issues;
• Reports all laundry equipment maintenance needs to the proper contractors;
• Maintains a sufficient stock of supplies within the laundry and orders supplies when needed;
• Maintains sanitary conditions within the laundry;
• Maintains required reports and statistics regarding laundry operations;
• Separates inmate mail from staff mail;
• Uses computer location files to sort and label inmate mail for accurate distribution;
• Stamps "return to sender" on mail for inmates no longer in the ADC;
• Opens and searches inmate mail, taking appropriate action should the mail contain contraband or money;
• Collects and writes receipts for money from inmates upon their initial booking into the Adult Detention Center;
• Releases funds to inmates upon their release from custody;
• Processes money orders left for inmates by visitors;
• Processes money orders received by mail;
• Processes inmate requests for release of funds to others (family, friends, bondsmen, etc.);
• Charges inmate accounts for medical visits and commissary orders;
• Processes inmate accounts for "hold funds" when needed;
• Processes…