Correction Officer - Civil Service Exam - Where Assigned

Overview

NOVEMBER 2025 CORRECTION OFFICER I EXAMINATION:
2025 Correction Officer I Examination (November) Poster

Application Opening Date:
August 4, 2025
Final date to receive applications:
September 23, 2025
Notices to Appear for Examination:
October 31, 2025
Written Examination Date:
November 15, 2025
Score Release Date: TBD
Employment/Experience (E/E) Last Day to Appeal: TBD
Eligible List Establishment Date: TBD

Examination Fee for 2025 Correction Officer I Examination: $75
Examination Fee Waiver Form Available Online.

• Read texts on the preparation guide.
• Apply for the 2025 Correction Officer I Examination (November) beginning on August 4, 2025.
• Notice to Appear for Examination:
  October 31, 2025. Two weeks before the examination date you will receive a notice to appear by e-mail. Please check your junk or spam mail folder for the e-mail before contacting this office.
• Written Examination Date:
  November 15, 2025.
• These positions are “Where Assigned” which include Bridgewater, Boston, Norfolk, Concord, Framingham, Gardner, and Shirley.

Duties for the position of Correction Officer I:
Maintains custodial care and control of incarcerated individuals by escorting or transporting them under restraint, patrolling facilities, making periodic rounds, head counts and security checks of buildings, grounds and incarcerated individuals’ quarters, monitoring incarcerated individuals’ movements and whereabouts, and guarding and directing incarcerated individuals during work assignments to maintain order and security in a correctional institution; observes conduct and behavior of incarcerated individuals;

develops working relationships with incarcerated individuals; performs related operational duties and other tasks as required.

• All applicants under consideration will be subject to a physical abilities test, psychological test, drug test, full background check and be required to have a medical form filled out by a physician before entering a twelve (12) week Recruit Academy.
• Working conditions:
  
  Correction Officers may work in a correctional facility, alone in an isolated area; may work varied shifts, weekends, holidays, or nights and are subject to a standby (on call) work status; may be subjected to verbal and physical abuse from others; may be required to interact with people under physical and/or emotional stress; stand and walk for prolonged periods; may be exposed to firearms;
  
  may work under adverse weather conditions; may travel for job-related purposes; and may be required to furnish private transportation for reimbursable travel.
• Applicants must be at least nineteen (19) years of age and must have a current Massachusetts Class D Vehicle Operator’s license or the equivalent from another state.
• No person who has been convicted of a felony, convicted of a misdemeanor, or has been confined in any jail or house of correction shall be appointed.

This is a Civil Service position. Candidate must take and pass the next Civil Service Examination for this title and score must be reached to be considered for a permanent appointment. Salaries for union positions are determined by the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Applicants must have no felony convictions, including actions defined in 5 U.S.C. 301; U.S.C. 509, 510; 42 U.S.C. .

The Massachusetts Department of Correction shall not hire anyone who may have direct contact with offenders, who has engaged in sexual abuse in a prison or other institution as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1997; or has been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community through force or coercion. The agency shall consider any incidents of sexual harassment in determining hire suitability.

The DOC urges bi-lingual applicants to apply.

First consideration will be given to those applicants that apply within the first 14 days.

In accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 31, section 64, applicants must have graduated from high school or possess an equivalency certificate issued by the Massachusetts Department of Education; or…