Corrections Ardc Specialist

Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections – Corrections Services

St. Gabriel, LA

At the Louisiana Department of Corrections, our mission is to promote public safety and strengthen communities through fair, professional, and responsive corrections services. We are committed to protecting the people of Louisiana with integrity, accountability, and a deep respect for the rights and dignity of all.

This is an opportunity to become part of a dedicated team supporting public safety, working in a correctional facility where professionalism, resilience, and teamwork are essential.

Elayn Hunt Correctional Center is seeking a detail‑oriented and highly organized Corrections ARDC Specialist to support the accurate intake, classification, and documentation of offenders entering the facility. This position plays a critical role in ensuring compliance with departmental policies, legal requirements, and institutional standards by managing offender records, coordinating assessment processes, and maintaining precise data within the Admissions, Reception, and Diagnostic Center (ARDC).

The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong analytical skills, sound judgment, and the professionalism required to work effectively within a correctional environment.

Culture: DOC values and supports employees through numerous recognition programs, creating a sense of community, prioritizing internal promotional opportunities, clear communication, and professional development.

Growth: Professional growth is encouraged at DOC through numerous avenues.

Benefits: DOC offers a generous benefits package including a defined benefit pension plan, health insurance that is also available post‑retirement, at least 10 paid holidays, sick and annual leave that rolls over from year to year, paid or time off accrued for hours worked over 40 per week, a deferred compensation plan, a flexible benefits plan, alternate work schedules etc. Alternative work schedules including 4/10’s MAY be an available benefit for certain positions upon meeting the policy requirements.

• Communicating Effectively: The ability to convey information, ideas, and emotions using structured communication methods that promote understanding and engagement.
• Focusing on Customers: The ability to understand and meet the needs, preferences, and experiences of internal and external customers.
• Following Policies and Procedures: The ability to follow, reinforce, adapt, or develop policies and procedures to maintain compliance with federal and state legal requirements, State Civil Service rules, and organizational policies.

• Three years of experience in offender records analysis, offender classification, offender pre‑classification, security, or social services, or as a probation or parole officer.
• Six years of full‑time work experience in any field.
• A bachelor’s degree.

Experience Substitution: Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience toward the six years of full‑time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

• Coordinates with sheriffs’ offices, clerks of court, parish jail administrators, district attorneys, and judges to address matters related to all new commitments entering the Department of Public Safety & Corrections.
• Reviews and verifies all new commitment documents to ensure compliance with statutory, legal, and departmental requirements, including validation of hard‑labor sentences, sex‑offender identification and tracking, multiple‑offender restrictions, and victim‑notification obligations.
• Extracts and analyzes critical information from court minutes, bills of information, State Police criminal history reports, pre‑sentence investigations, and other legal documents to prepare an accurate chronological history of an offender’s incarceration.
• Contacts sheriffs, clerks of court, probation…