Corrections Deputy

The Position

The list developed from this recruitment may be used to fill regular full-time and/or part-time vacancies at the Sheriff's Office Adult Detention Facility should they occur. Employees in this classification receive a 3% retention increase in base pay after the completion of 5 years of service and an additional 2% increase in base pay after the completion of 10 years of service.

Under general supervision, primary responsibility is to maintain facility security and ensure incarceratee persons welfare in correctional facility; oversee, observe, move, book, search, process and care for incarceratee persons at the County correctional facility on an assigned shift; prepares clear, precise and comprehensive reports and maintains accurate records, logs and files; may perform specialized assignments in addition to typical duties.

Bilingual English/Spanish encouraged to apply. Se buscan personas bilingües en inglés y español. Para recibir una solicitud en español, llame a Recursos Humanos al 234-6600.

If you apply for this position, or are considering applying for this position, please contact MCSO Recruiting for further information and support throughout the process. You can reach them at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). or .

Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Supervises the security and conduct of incarceratee persons in cells during group meetings, meals, bathing, at recreation, during visitations and on work or other assignments; logs and maintains records of incarceratee person activities.
• Responds to incarceratee person request slips; feeds incarceratee persons; passes out mail, writs, grievances and other paperwork; distributes commissary items or other supplies to incarceratee persons.
• Escorts incarceratee persons throughout the facility; escorts kitchen crews, meal runners, participants in educational classes, attorneys, incarceratee person's family members, and/or others to proper location; maintains logs and records of those visiting the facility; brings work furloughs, weekenders, work crews into and out of facility; performs headcounts; conducts perimeter and security checks.
• Books arrested persons into facility following prescribed procedures; runs warrant checks; classifies, fingerprints, pictures and houses incarceratee persons; completes cash bail agreements; issues clothing and supplies to incarceratee persons; processes incarceratee persons discharges or transfers and arranges for transportation if necessary; maintains written records on standardized forms relating to incarceratee persons; enters information related to booking activities into a computer.
• Transports arrestees and incarceratee persons to and from various locations.
• Receives, maintains and accounts for the personal property of incarceratee persons; returns or sends personal property to incarceratee persons upon discharge, including incarceratee persons verification of returned property; maintains appropriate written records.
• Visually and physically searches incarceratee persons for contraband, weapons, or narcotics; inspects quarters of incarceratee persons for contraband; inspects and directs maintenance of sanitation, orderliness, and safety.
• Promotes acceptable attitudes and behavior of incarceratee persons to assist them in adjusting to confinement; confers with assigned supervisors or officers regarding behavioral or other incarceratee person problems; participates in programs designed to prepare incarceratee persons for release.
• Performs specialized duties such as serving as training officer, court liaison or in other capacities as assigned.
• Performs risk assessments and classifies incarceratee persons.
• Anticipates and averts potential problems; assists in suppressing and controlling problems that occur; reports incidents in the prescribed manner.
• Assists medical personnel in providing emergency care to incarceratee persons.
• Enters and retrieves a variety of information from a computer; writes incident reports listing time, dates, and incarceratee persons involved in occurrences.
• Blocks phone calls for victims and others requesting a block be placed on…