CHAPLAIN

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, REHABILITATION & REENTRY

Our mission is to enhance public safety across Arizona through modern, effective correctional practices and meaningful engagements. The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) is committed to creating a safe, secure and humane correctional system. With public safety top of mind, ADCRR and its more than 8,000 officers and professional staff are driven by a heart for public service and a commitment to deliver perfect effort each day.

ADCRR is redefining itself as an agency whose daily work centers on transparency, accountability, and fairness.

Address:
Arizona State Prison Complex (ASPC) – Eyman,
4374

E. Butte Ave.,
Florence, AZ 85132

• Salary:
  • DEACON LEVEL/NO DEGREE: $48,000.00
  • JOURNEY LEVEL BACHELOR'S DEGREE: $51,600.00
  • CLINICAL LEVEL MASTER'S DEGREE: $55,200.00
• Grade: 17
• Closing Date:
  January 14th 2026

Are you called to provide spiritual and emotional support to people? If so, this great opportunity to take your career to the next level, it is for you! The Arizona Department of Correction, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is seeking a Full-Time Chaplain I who provides guidance in the religious development of inmates, someone who gives counseling for inmates and their families regarding religious development, conducts religious services and deliver messages and coordinates volunteer activities by local church groups at the Arizona State Prison Complex - Eyman.

This is your call to become part of the Department of Corrections family, apply today!

• Visits and counsels inmates in their living spaces or other places of routine activity including work areas, recreation areas, educational areas, isolation/detention areas and inmates in protective segregation
• Receives and responds to requests from inmates for special religious services, diets or privileges, evaluating the requests in consideration of religious requirements, policy mandates, and institutional demands in conjunction with the supervising chaplain
• Consults and advises Deputy Wardens and the supervising chaplain for direction on appropriate responses to institutional staff, contractors, volunteers, inmates and the public regarding religious issues and questions
• Receives and responds to queries from the public regarding religious programming, privileges, donations and pastoral visits
• Receives information and advises inmate and inmate families regarding deaths and/or serious illnesses and overnight hospitalization of inmate and/or family members
• Advises the supervising Chaplain of all religious programming for the unit, evaluating current religious services and determining the need for any changes, expansion or deletions in the service schedule
• Advises the Deputy Warden, security and other staff on spiritual issues that directly affect the inmates at the assigned unit
• Consults with supervising chaplain for consistency and continuity with the Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry, interacts with the religious community on behalf of the institution/agency
• Attends various chaplain’s meetings and daily/weekly institutional management meetings as directed
• Conducts religious services and religious studies, memorial services, and other services as directed by the supervising Chaplain for the benefit of the inmates and/or staff
• Monitors and documents performance and compliance of religious volunteers who are on site to conduct religious services
• May be required to drive on state business
• Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

• Knowledge of:
  • Principles and practices of pastoral care and counseling
  • Communication techniques
  • Public relations techniques
  • Religions represented in the inmate population, including major tenets, religious service requirements, religious property requirements and dietary requirements
  • Religious publications or holy books pertinent to a variety of religions
  • Policies and procedures related to operational security requirements, personal computers and software sufficient to perform daily tasks
  • Knowledge of departmental policies as they apply to inmate grooming,…